The NHS Representatives have recently published a report - “Behavioural Insights into Patient Motivation to Make a Claim for Clinical Negligence” which produced data in relation to claims pursued between October 2016 and September 2017.

Ramsdens Solicitors are pleased to confirm that they will be supporting Headway throughout their Action for Brain Injury Awareness Week taking place in the week commencing 20th May 2019.

An inquiry is now underway into contaminated blood which was spread through blood transfusions in the 1970s and 1980s.

It has recently been reported by the BBC that a Criminal Investigation has been commenced arising out of a significant amount of deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.

Figures have recently been released by the charity, Inquest, showing a huge disparity between funding for the state and individual families to attend inquests.

In the news recently has been a case relating to a 74 year old man who has lost his eyesight as a result of an inadequate A&E attendance.

Inquests are fact finding hearings. The aim is for the coroner to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of an individual and is limited to answering four key questions, who, when, where and how did an individual come to their death. It can often be a daunting experience for the families involved, especially if you are asked to give a statement regarding the circumstances and are called to give oral evidence.

Our Clinical Negligence team hosted their inaugural conference in Leeds on the 29th January 2019.