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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......>>
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022: ‘Transformative solutions for inclusive development’
Posted: 30/11/2022
The theme for this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities is ‘Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world’. The day itself, which takes place on Saturday 3 December 2022, was first proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly 30 years ago......>>
East Kent NHS trust baby deaths: "It is too late to pretend that this is just another one-off, isolated failure", says author of report
Posted: 25/10/2022
Maternity care has tragically been found wanting at yet another NHS trust, with catastrophic failings already having been identified at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust earlier this year, as addressed in Donna Ockenden’s report. Dr Bill Kirkup was engaged by NHS England and NHS Improvement to undertake an independent review......>>
The need for early diagnosis and treatment of congenital hearing loss to facilitate cognitive development
Posted: 05/05/2022
The neonatal hearing screening programme was put in place because of the significant evidence that early intervention for hearing loss, during the first few months of life, is crucial for achieving the best outcome for a child in terms of their speech and language development, and their cognitive development......>>
When things go wrong during childbirth - the impact of perinatal injury, stillbirth and neonatal loss on fathers
Posted: 21/04/2022
The recent and sad loss of the twin son of Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, during birth has brought into sharp focus the impact of losing a child, or witnessing injury to a child, during childbirth or the neonatal period. This is an event which is devastating for all involved and can cause lasting psychological effects......>>
A catalogue of errors in eye surgery
Posted: 13/04/2022
Further criticism has arisen of a private eye hospital in London and the specialist eye surgeons connected with it. In 2019, an eye surgeon with some media following, Mr Bobby Qureshi, was struck off the General Medical Council’s register. Concern about his practice stemmed from his false representations about the likely success of proposed treatments......>>
Robotic surgery and the coroner
Posted: 05/04/2022
This article is about a failure of surgery and the reassuring benefit of an inquest. In 2015 Stephen Pettitt, a music teacher, horn player, and occasional music critic for The Spectator suffered severe mitral valve disease, becoming increasingly symptomatic, and surgery was advised......>>
The risks of being overdue: new NICE guidelines published on the induction of labour
Posted: 06/12/2021
The devastating impact of a stillbirth or neonatal death on a parent cannot be underestimated, and anything that can be done to reduce such an outcome is welcome. The NHS Maternity Statistics, England 2019 – 2020, which includes data relating to delivery and birth episodes for the financial year ending March 2020, indicates that......>>
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