While most of the doctors in the country are highly dedicated individuals, it’s unfortunate that every so often a patient will have to endure undue suffering and poor care at the hands of a medical professional. If that’s happened to you or a loved one, you may be eligible for filing a clinical negligence claim. […]
Category: Clinical Medical Negligence
Anaesthetic awareness leads to clinical negligence claims
Anaesthetic awareness – the phenomenon of waking up or being aware of the pain during a surgical procedure – is thought to affect as many as 4,000 people in the UK every year. For some patients it is a real-life horror story, where they feel the pain of being operated on but remain unconscious and […]
US and EU Propose Unique IDs for Medical Devices
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier, or UDI. The US Congress passed legislation in 2007 directing the FDA to develop such a UDI system, but the FDA is only now doing so. The US Congress and Senate both […]
NHS Medical Negligence Claim Bill Explodes
Recent accounts published by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) have revealed that the health service has spent £1.2 billion on its medical negligence claim bill in the past year. The figure represents a significant surge in the amount compensation received by NHS patients and their families who initiated medical negligence claims for the same time […]
Personal Injury Claims Tips
Top Tips When Making Personal Injury Claims With more accidents on the road, work related accidents and slips, trips and falls being reported than ever before, the Accident Advice Helpline has revealed the 6 top tips to help victims successfully make Personal Injury Claims. 1. Write everything down For victims of accidents, it is important to keep […]
MS Treatment FDA Warning—Maryland MS Injury Attorneys on Alert
Written by Phil Balbo. For more information on personal injury cases, please contact the Maryland personal injury lawyers of Price Benowitz LLP for a free consultation. Please visit the Multiple Sclerosis Society website for more on possible MS treatments. Multiple sclerosis is a progressive and debilitating disease, leading many who are afflicted to search and […]
MD Birth Control Injury Attorneys Warn of Blood Clot Risk with Non-Oral Contraceptives
It’s widely known that oral contraceptives such as Yasmin and Beyaz come with an increased risk of blood clots, or venous thromboembolism (VTE). Now, results from a Danish study recently been published in the British Medical Journal, has found that significantly higher risks of blood clots are found in women who use non-oral hormonal contraceptives […]
Tort Reform’s Effects: Intended Versus Actual
As we saw in this Tort Reform article, the proposed U.S. H.R. 5 Act is a big issue to Americans. The act will place a $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in all U.S. medical malpractice lawsuits. Most think this is a good thing. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), tort reform could save the […]
What is U.S. Federal Tort Reform?
Politicians and the media have been talking about Tort Reform since the 1990’s in the U.S. More recently, a federal tort reform bill was proposed to the U.S. House of Representatives. It’s been in the House for over a year and whether it will pass or not is still unknown. If passed, however, said reform […]
Chronic Shortage of Midwives May Be Opening the NHS Up to More Medical Negligence Claims
Below is a guest law blog post as first posted to YouBlawg. In November of 2011 the Royal College of Midwives reported that in the last 10 years the birth rate in the UK has increased by 22% while medical services suffered a shortfall of approximately 5,000 midwives. The Royal College of Midwives points this […]