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Cancer scan delays at Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust which runs Derriford Hospital has been criticised because one in six of its cancer patients is waiting longer than recommended for vital CT scans. One cancer patient from Plymouth

Should I accept the first offer of compensation for my medical negligence claim? We look at a question that our lawyers often get asked, “Should medical negligence victims take the first offer?” The ‘old chestnut’ that medical negligence solicitors hear

Derriford Hospital medical negligence: Contact us for a free consultation. As reported previously on this website, Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, Devon was warned by the Care Quality Commission that it must improve its safety record or risk prosecution. This followed

Medical negligence solicitor, Oliver Thorne, looks at the latest scandal to rock the health service Following the fallout from the Staffordshire scandal, the Royal College of Surgeons this summer released a highly critical study, condemning Wales’ biggest hospital, the University

Medical Negligence Solicitor, Oliver Thorne, looks at NHS complaints and the suggestion that patients need to be more vocal in their criticism NHS and care services patients need to become more demanding and fight for their rights, a new watchdog

NHS medical negligence survey highlights worrying conclusions For guidance on making an NHS medical negligence claim contact us for a free consultation. Call 0333 888 0412 or send an email to [email protected] The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the watchdog over

Will the NHS now be fair game for Medical Negligence Claims following the Mid Staffordshire NHS Scandal? NHS hospitals may be facing an ‘explosion’ in medical negligence claims in the aftermath of the Francis Report into the Mid Staffordshire NHS

A woman has died from a blood clot after being discharged from hospital The Healthcare Ombudsman has severely criticised Cwm Taff Health Board after a 62 year old lady was sent home from the A&E Department of the Royal Glamorgan

The High Court case of Spencer –v- NHS North West, which involved allegations of midwife negligence, illustrates the fact that not every disaster which happens in the course of medical treatment automatically means medical negligence has occurred. And if the