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Clinical Negligence and Rising Costs: Why the Same Problems Keep Occurring

May 8th, 2026

Clinical negligence and its rising cost to the NHS regularly make the headlines.[1] Despite repeated inquiries, reviews and warnings over…

Surgical problems lead the NHS Never Event list

April 10th, 2026

NHS England regularly publishes provisional ‘Never Event’ data to support early learning, transparency and system‑wide safety improvement. Their most recent…

Racism and ‘poor’ staff relationships factors in maternity care failings

March 10th, 2026

Baroness Amos has (on 26.2.26) issued an interim report to share her insights on the state of maternity services in…

Helping those with a rare disease

February 25th, 2026

Saturday 28 February 2026 is ‘rare disease day’ and will help shine a light on the advances in research to…

Children can claim damages for ‘lost years’ caused by medical negligence

February 24th, 2026

This news headline[1] heralds a change to calculating compensation for some young children, in certain cases, following a change in…

Destroying medical records

February 4th, 2026

An Inquest into the death of a newborn has highlighted another issue that families, and their solicitors, encounter: missing medical…

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