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The BBC Panorama programme to be shown on April 23rd on BBC 1, will show footage of 81 year old Maria Worroll who suffers from Alzheimers and arthritis, being assaulted by a care worker at the Ash Court Care Centre in Kentish Town, North London.
The press has been full of news about the fact that we're all living longer and the impact that will have on things like pensions and retirement age.
Coroners and their deliberations have suddenly leapt into the limelight.
It's important to remember that the mere fact a medical treatment or procedure has failed will not necessarily give rise to a successful claim for compensation for medical negligence.
A team at Manchester Royal Infirmary is cautiously optimistic about the prospects of using a new imaging method to learn more about what happens to the brain when damaged in accidents or by disease.
Access Legal from Shoosmiths is concerned that moves to reduce Caesarean section deliveries will put women's and babies lives at risk.
BBC's Panorama programme on 31 May showed vulnerable adults at a care home allegedly being seriously mistreated by staff.
The fact that an 80-year-old dementia sufferer, was badly cared for in hospital comes as 'no surprise' to Access Legal from Shoosmiths.
A report which reveals some NHS hospitals are failing to look after elderly patients properly reflects concerns held by Access Legal from Shoosmiths.
The long-standing principle of Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) protecting claimants' medical evidence has been dramatically undermined as a result of the recent Court of Appeal case Edwards-Tubbs v JD Wetherspoon PLC [2011] EWCA Civ 136.
The recent case of Mrs Tebussum Ali heightens concerns over the standard of UK midwifery care.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists confirms that the lack of a cheap and simple breathing monitor on NHS intensive care wards is causing unnecessary patient deaths.
A Birmingham Children's Hospital report has revealed 15 errors leading to the death of 16-year-old Ryan Senior during routine keyhole surgery, in February 2010.
The Royal College of Midwives has long called for an increase in the number of midwives in the UK.
Access Legal from Shoosmiths has called for greater scrutiny of medical research if public confidence in it is to be maintained.
A review of children's heart surgery launched in 2008, by the NHS Medical Director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh is likely to lead to four out of 11 children's heart units in England and Wales no longer carrying out surgery.
The case of Claudia Adusei, a student at Thames Valley University who died in Philadelphia following an operation in which liquid silicone was injected into her buttocks in a procedure to enhance her bottom, highlights the risks of cosmetic surgery.
National law firm Access Legal from Shoosmiths has welcomed a report exposing widespread shortcomings by the NHS in failing to care properly for elderly patients.
A pregnant woman who was told she was negative or low risk after a 12-week blood test was later told there had been an error, and that she was actually high risk.
Claims that hospitals ‘lack basic care’ should act as a catalyst for more discussion and public awareness about the issue, according to Access Legal from Shoosmiths.
A report that calls for tighter control on cosmetic surgery has been warmly welcomed by Access legal from Shoosmiths.
Millions of pounds spent to stop departing hospital doctors speaking out shows the NHS has got its priorities wrong.
Legionnaires’ disease is a rare condition, but is extremely unpleasant and can kill.
Access Legal from Shoosmiths is backing calls from two senior medical advisers who want doctors to say 'sorry' to patients when they have made a mistake.
The case of a man who had a testicle cut off by mistake shows the NHS are facing claims because even the most basic procedures can go wrong, according to Access Legal from Shoosmiths.
Half a million people with serious mental illness could lose access to counselling and other services as the NHS struggles to make unprecedented efficiency savings, according to The Times.
The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford has temporarily suspended paediatric heart surgery while it conducts an investigation into concerns raised following the deaths of four children during heart operations.
A damning report into care provided by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust says patients were 'routinely neglected'.
