Change is a Coming: The Radical Shake-up of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Funding from April 2013
"No Win No Fee" and "receive 100% of your compensation" are statements that we hear hand-in-hand, thanks to years of advertising campaigns by Claims Management companies. However from 1 April 2013 change is a coming! Under…
"Doctor, Doctor, everyone keeps ignoring me"..."Next please" Claims against GPs in the United Kingdom at an all time high
One of the main representative bodies for doctors, the Medical Defence Union, in their 2011 annual report, reveal that disciplinary cases against GPs and hospital doctors are at an all-time high and have increased…
Losing a Loved One through Clinical Negligence
Losing a loved one is a difficult and emotional time. This is compounded when there are question marks surrounding the cause of death. What if½? Occasionally hospitals and GPs can unwillingly contribute to a…
Claiming Reimbursement For Care Home Fees
If you or a relative are, or have been, in a nursing or care home because of physical or mental health needs you may have been paying fees that should have actually been funded by the NHS. Paying care homes fees It…
Cosmetic surgery abroad: Is the price too good to be true?
Cosmetic surgery abroad is becoming increasingly common place, with the cost of many cosmetic procedures being significantly cheaper overseas than at home in the UK. The cost of a tummy tuck in the UK is typically…
Wake Smith Pursue Controversial Implanon Contraceptive Claims
The medical law team at Wake Smith & Tofields are pursuing actions on behalf of women who have become pregnant after they were advised to change to use the contraceptive implant Implanon. The full extent of…
Leeds Hospital Admits Liability For Baby's MRSA Infection
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust has admitted liability for the infection of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to one local baby after questions were raised over procedures to protect hygiene and…
Over Prescribing Anti-Psychotic Drugs Causes Deaths
A delayed review commissioned by the Department of Health has found that up to 150,000 people with dementia are wrongly being prescribed powerful sedatives to calm them down. As a result nearly 1,500 of them have…
Medical mistakes that should not occur - new 'Never Ever' policy
The National Health Service has introduced a new policy entitled 'Never Events', phased in from April 2009, throughout the whole of England. This is following on from a recent report 'High Quality Care for all'…
Rotherham family feel mistakes of NHS consultant
The widow of a Rotherham man let down by an NHS consultant has spoken out against the treatment her husband received during a four year ordeal in the quest for the right diagnosis. Ian Rodgers, a former communications…
