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World Cerebral Palsy Day 2025: Unique and United
Posted: 06/10/2025
On 6 October 2025, people across the globe will come together to mark World Cerebral Palsy Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness, promoting inclusion, and celebrating the lives of over 18 million individuals living with cerebral palsy (CP) worldwide. This year’s theme, 'Unique and United', reflects the significant diversity within the CP......>>
Maternity failings in the spotlight again as CQC downgrades maternity services at Leeds hospitals
Posted: 26/06/2025
Unannounced inspections at hospitals under the control of The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have recently led to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) downgrading maternity services at Leeds General Infirmary and St James' University Hospital from 'good' to 'inadequate', as the failings in the services provided were felt to pose......>>
Understanding the different types of maternity investigation that may be undertaken
Posted: 26/03/2025
Maternity investigations are important processes, designed to consider the safety and well-being of both mothers and newborns and to identify learning points. These investigations can help to identify and address issues that may arise during pregnancy, labour, and delivery. Such investigations may be undertaken at a local level, or as part of......>>
Fetomaternal haemorrhage - a cause for stillbirths, neonatal mortality and neonatal morbidity
Posted: 26/11/2024
Fetomaternal haemorrhage (FMH) is caused by the passage of fetal blood into the maternal circulation, and can be responsible for stillbirths, neonatal mortality and neonatal morbidity. It is notable that severe FMH can lead to fetal anaemia (when the circulating red blood cells and haemoglobin in a fetus fall below normal levels)......>>
World Cerebral Palsy Day: optimising opportunities and potential with access to suitable support
Posted: 04/10/2024
World Cerebral Palsy Day (#WorldCerebralPalsyDay) is on 6 October each year. It is a global initiative that started in 2012 with the stated aim of ensuring ‘a future in which children and adults with cerebral palsy have the same rights, access and opportunities as anyone else in our society’. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive condition......>>
Contrasting the duty of candour and the safe space provided by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB)
Posted: 19/03/2024
The duty of candour is the general duty upon healthcare providers to be open and transparent with patients when treatment or care goes wrong. There is both a professional and statutory duty which together mandate transparency, requiring practitioners to candidly acknowledge errors, communicate truthfully and offer timely apologies......>>
Brain Awareness Week – highlighting the importance of research in the treatment of brain disease
Posted: 11/03/2024
Brain Awareness Week, which runs from 11 – 17 March this year, is a global campaign to both raise public awareness of the benefits of brain research and increase support for its progression. Such research is essential to understanding common brain diseases. During the awareness week, communities, charities and organisations, including colleges......>>
Addressing the challenges of providing effective care packages for claimants with catastrophic injuries
Posted: 14/11/2023
When an individual brings a claim arising out of their catastrophic injuries, the most significant part in monetary terms is likely to be their claim for care. The 100% compensation principle means that claimants should receive full compensation to put them, in so far as is possible, in the same position that they would have been in......>>

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