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Black Baby Loss Awareness Week 2023: highlighting disparities in maternity services
Posted: 19/05/2023
This week (15-19 May 2023) is Black Baby Loss Awareness Week (BBLAW), which highlights the tragedy of baby loss and, in particular, the disproportionately high levels of black baby loss and neonatal deaths in the UK. When having a baby, all women, regardless of ethnicity, should be entitled to receive safe healthcare. However, reports......>>
Hampshire coroner considers tragic death of mother during labour at Royal Hampshire County Hospital
Posted: 23/03/2023
The inquest into the death of Lucy Howell, a 32 year old mother who died during labour, has concluded at Hampshire Coroner’s Court. Mrs Howell died while giving birth to her second child on 13 March 2021 at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, with her death reported to have been the result of a uterine rupture......>>
What happens after a clinical negligence claim settles – a young mother’s story
Posted: 24/10/2022
Often, the media focuses on the financial worth of clinical negligence claims. Although this is important, we should not forget that there is someone at the centre of each claim that is investigated, and a personal story behind the figures. This article focuses on Emily, a former client of Penningtons Manches Cooper......>>
Potential heart disease cure renews calls for screening programme to save young lives
Posted: 16/08/2022
In recent days, scientists have reported that they believe they can produce an injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions that can kill young people in the prime of their lives. It is clear that much has moved on in the world since 2019 when we published an article on whether it was time for a cardiac screening programme in the UK......>>.
What to do if you receive a letter from a hospital explaining that you have received poor or unnecessary care
Posted: 29/09/2021
In recent years, we have seen countless examples of hospitals, both private and NHS, carrying out internal investigations into the care provided to patients. Sometimes, as part of these investigations, concerns are raised about the treatment patients have received and this leads to the hospital sending a letter to those patients to explain their concerns......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper named in UK litigation top 50 report
Posted: 16/10/2020
The high quality and broad range of Pennington Manches Cooper’s litigation expertise has been recognised in this year’s edition of The Lawyer UK Litigation 50, which positions the firm at 38 in the list of top 50 litigation law firms......>>
Costs for commercial surrogacy abroad ruled recoverable by Supreme Court
Posted: 18/06/2020
In April 2020, the Supreme Court, in the case of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX [2020] USKC 14, upheld the decision for a claimant to recover the reasonable costs of a commercial surrogacy arrangement abroad after a failure to diagnose cervical cancer left her unable to bear children...…>>

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