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Landmark MMR vaccine ruling opens the door to future claims
On 28 August 2010 after a long battle, Mr Robert Fletcher was awarded compensation of £90,000 under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme......>>
Penningtons signs up for the QualitySolicitors Personal Injury (QSPI) Scheme
Penningtons signs up for the QualitySolicitors Personal Injury (QSPI) Scheme
More time to respond in clinical negligence disputes
More time to respond in clinical negligence disputes
Worrying statistics released re Scottish prescription errors
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) has reported having found that within one week, 10% of trainee doctors and 6% of consultants made prescribing mistakes and that previous studies have suggested that as many as one in nine (Scottish) hospital prescriptions are wrong......>>
The role of the GP in maternity care
BBC News has today reported that the King's Fund would like to see the GP taking a bigger role in management of antenatal and postnatal care but without seeing a return to the GP led maternity unit that characterised the cottage hospital......>>
The cost of treating diabetes
Cardiff University researchers claim that between 2000 and 2008 NHS spend on glucose lowering drugs for the treatment of diabetes rose by 50%. Specifically, the figures for England increased from £290m to £591m......>>
Wii technology pain relief implant
News of an exciting advance in pain management pioneered in the UK at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London!
How safe are homebirths?
A recent US study has revealed worrying statistics relating to the safety of home births. The analysis concluded that death rates for babies in planned home births were double those in planned hospital births, although the overall risk remained very low at 0.2%.....>>
UK health system ranking
Good news for the UK's health care system - The Commonwealth Fund report has ranked the performance of seven countries for quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and healthy lives with the UK being ranked top for efficiency......>>
Hospital in Scotland to use first 'robot workers'
Forth Valley Hospital in Stirlingshire, Scotland, will be the first hospital to trial robots, designed to carry out day to day tasks......>>
Concern re PIPs breast implants
French inquiry has raised safety concerns about a particular type of breast implant, which approximately 50,000 women in the UK are believed to have......>>
Elective caesarean sections
A recent Glasgow University study has found that babies born early, at between 37 to 39 weeks, face a very slightly increased risk of developing learning difficulties, which can include visual impairment, dyspraxia and autism. The study results indicated that statistically such babies have a 16% higher risk than babies born at 40 weeks......>>
Settlement for six year old girl with severe cerebral palsy
Mr Justice Tugendhat has approved the terms of settlement agreed in a clinical negligence case commenced by a client of Penningtons Solicitors LLP, Kaysie-Jane Bland, via her mother and litigation friend, Jane Robinson......>>
Reform of the coroner's system
While the system that allowed Dr Shipman's murders to go undetected remains largely unaltered, a period of consultation is underway which should see some changes......>>
US scientists developing breast cancer vaccine
A vaccine, proven to prevent breast cancer from developing in mice, may in due course be available for adult women and is likely to be aimed at women in their forties. Trials of the drug in humans are still to be undertaken, but findings to date look promising......>>