The rising cost of clinical negligence claims against the NHS has become a persistent feature of policy debate. The NHS Resolution’s annual figures are frequently cited as evidence of an unsustainable compensation system, with damages and legal costs framed as diverting resources from frontline care. In the financial year 2024/25, NHS Resolution paid out approximately […]
There is a growing trend in personal injury claims; Defendants and Insurance Companies are reaching for fundamental dishonesty allegations more than ever, but why is this? What started as a safeguard against fraud under section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, in many cases, has now become a tactical lever, one that is reshaping the […]
The Supreme Court, in its recent judgment in the conjoined cases of Paul, Polmear and Purchase and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] have now clarified this position.
Maternity services at hospitals in York and Scarborough have been rated “inadequate” and “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after inspectors raised concerns about poor leadership and service users not being able to access services.
The month of April aims to increase awareness of Bowel Cancer and encourages charity events to raise funds towards treating this condition. Organisations such as Bowel Cancer UK are currently pursuing their aim of ensuring there are no victims of bowel cancer by 2050.
When someone dies as a result of another person or organisation’s negligence, then a claim can be brought by members of the deceased’s family or by anyone who may have depended on the deceased.
It’s been another excellent year for Ramsdens in The Legal 500 UK 2023 rankings.
Ramsdens Solicitors have demonstrated expertise in representing clinical negligence claimants.
In recent weeks the parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee has called for the abandonment of adversarial clinical negligence litigation for the majority of cases and for the establishment of an independent administrative body to investigate claims and determine potential compensation.
We’ve strengthened our Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury offering, as we welcome Nick Stojanovic, Associate and Ian Miles and Claire Exelby, Litigation Executives, to our Leeds office.
As we continue to support Brain Tumour Awareness Month, our Court of Protection team have prepared a facts guide and examples of situations where they may be able to assist you or a loved one.
This week from 17th-23rd January, we are supporting Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.
Safeguarding Adults Week encourages different organisations to join forces to highlight important safeguarding issues. This year’s overarching theme is “Creating Safer Cultures.” By promoting safer cultures, we are all working together to adopt proper policies and procedures to allow safeguarding concerns to receive effective responses.
As our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team continue to support International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, we have prepared a simple guide explaining what you can expect, should you find yourself in the position of having to seek legal advice relating to the misdiagnosis, delay or difficulties experienced with treatment of a brain tumour.
This week we are supporting the 15th International Brain Tumour Awareness Week. The focus is to encourage people to organise their own fundraising activities and donate to local or national brain tumour support charities.
The Legal 500’s results for 2022 have been announced and we’re extremely proud to have ranked in 9 practice areas (Employment, Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Property, Family, Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate, Contentious Probate, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury) up one more than last year.
World Heart Day 2021 takes place this week on 29th September. This year’s focus is on using your knowledge, compassion and influence to make sure you and your loved ones live heart-healthy lives.
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has launched a new inquiry on NHS litigation reform. The Committee has invited written submissions addressing the following points.
Due to an investigation by The Independent and Channel 4 News, it has recently been uncovered that dozens of babies have died or been left with brain damage after errors made during childbirth at Nottingham University Hospital.
Urgent action is being taken after maternity services in Sheffield were downgraded from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’ following inspection in March. The inspection was prompted following concerns about the safety and quality of services provided to women and babies.
A petition to conduct a full-body scan prior to giving cancer patients the ‘all clear’ has reached 150,000 signatures.
Throughout this week, we are supporting Action for Brain Injury Week 2021. This year’s focus is ‘a life of lockdown’ and the social isolation faced by brain injury survivors both pre and post-lockdown.
Throughout this week, we are supporting Action for Brain Injury Week 2021. This year’s focus is ‘a life of lockdown’ and the social isolation faced by brain injury survivors both pre and post-lockdown.
Coping with the loss of a baby is unimaginable but tragically we know this happens all too often. Recently, a case has been reported whereby a baby lost his life whilst being born. The hospital failed to carry out checks in respect of the position of the baby and therefore failed to recognised the baby’s breech position. This resulted in complications during the birth which tragically resulted in loss of life. The Trust in question has admitted liability but settlement has not yet been reached.
A new report published by the Care quality Commission has found that over 500 people have had their human rights breached as a result of healthcare workers failing to make the proper considerations required to make the orders.
March is Brain Tumour Awareness Month and it is Wear a Hat day on 26th March 2021.
Before now the only way to receive a heart transplant, for children, was for the circumstances of the donor to be such that the heart was still beating.
Due to the continuing rise of coronavirus cases, Chief medical officers have warned that hospitals in England could be overwhelmed with coronavirus patients in the next few weeks. Groups representing doctors fear that legal repercussions are imminent if they are forced to choose which patients should be prioritised for care.
Bringing a baby into the world can be a beautiful experience but sadly for some, it is a heart breaking one. Following campaigns led by two families and investigations starting in 2017 into a cluster of baby deaths, the largest ever inquiry into NHS maternity care was launched against the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS trust in 2018.
Children under 16 with gender dysphoria are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to undergo treatment with puberty-blocking drugs, three High Court judges have ruled.
