8 March 2024

NHS trusts acknowledge accidental limb amputations

In the span of the last three years, a hospital has admitted to the mistaken removal of limbs from six...

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1 September 2023

£179M medical negligence payout for Whittington Health NHS Trust

Whittington Health NHS Trust, in north London, has garnered attention with a substantial £179 million payout in medical negligence claims...

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23 April 2020

MDU calls for national debate on protecting docs from Covid-19 claims

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has called for a debate on whether doctors should be shielded from medical negligence claims...

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21 January 2020

NHS clinical negligence legal bill ‘reaches £4.3 billion’

The legal bill for outstanding clinical negligence claims for the NHS in England stands at £4.3 billion, according to a...

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17 October 2019

Rowles of MPS to chair Clinical Negligence Debate 2020

Medical Protection Society (MPS) director Melanie Rowles will chair the Clinical Negligence Debate 2020. Rowles, who is director of delivery...

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9 April 2019

NHS fraudster sentenced to five months in prison

A woman has been sentenced to five months in prison for attempting to defraud the NHS of more than £2.3...

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7 April 2018

Claims against pelvic surgeon Anthony Dixon subject to new NHS dispute resolution protocol

Women who believe they were left with life changing complications following surgery performed by the UK’s most influential pelvic surgeon,...

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23 February 2018

Drug dispensing errors in NHS cause hundreds of deaths

Drug dispensing errors in the NHS are causing hundreds of deaths every year, according to researchers from the Universities of...

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