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Coroner highlights the risks of delayed diagnosis for potential cancer patients when reporting systems for the results of scans do not work
Posted: 07/02/2022
One of the issues that we frequently encounter when looking at claims involving a delay in diagnosis of cancer is the system in place for reviewing and reporting on radiology. While the issue in some of the radiology and delayed diagnosis clinical negligence claims is one of performance, interpretation and/or reporting by an individual radiologist......>>
Clinical negligence claims - the claimant's recollection vs the medical records
Posted: 17/12/2021
While many clinical negligence claims turn solely on what is (and is not) in the contemporaneous medical records (for example, how, when, and to whom a medical investigation such as an x-ray is reported), a large number of cases involve a dispute over those records and the accuracy of the content recorded in them or perhaps not recorded at all......>>
Court of Appeal provides further guidance on fatal accident claims for loss of financial dependency
Posted: 21/09/2021
The Court of Appeal recently gave judgment in the case of Paramount Shopfitting Company Ltd v Rix [2021] EWCA Civ 1172. This case looked at the issue of income dependency in fatal claims and confirmed that, in the context of the deceased owning and running a business, the financial dependency was fixed on the basis of the situation as at death......>>
Interim payments of damages in ongoing cases – the latest developments
Posted: 18/06/2021
The issue of interim payments arises in many clinical negligence and personal injury claims involving serious injury. This is usually in a situation where the claim will not be settled for some time - either because quantification and settlement are not possible and/or because the parties cannot reach agreement leaving the claimant short...…>>
Patients and potential lack of informed consent to treatment – what does the GMC guidance require?
Posted: 16/06/2021
A significant number of the clinical negligence cases handled by the Penningtons Manches Cooper clinical negligence team involve issues of consent. Did the patient have all the appropriate information about their treatment options and the relative risks and benefits of each before consenting to treatment...…>>
Reporting of accidents at work to the HSE: builder receives prison sentence for failure to report serious incident at construction site
Posted: 14/06/2021
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for looking at ways to prevent accidents and preserve employee safety. One of the measures used to manage this is the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR). The regulations put duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises...…>>
Admission of liability in claim against King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for delay in management of Cauda Equina Syndrome
Posted: 09/06/2021
The specialist Cauda Equina team within the wider Penningtons Manches Cooper clinical negligence practice has recently secured admissions of liability in relation to a client who has suffered permanent neurological dysfunction as a result of various unacceptable delays in his management...…>>
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