The Clinical Negligence Team Blog
Welcome to RJW's Clinical Negligence Blog!
We are a leading national law firm with over 80 years of personal injury (PI) and Clinical Negligence experience. Our solicitors deal with every type of medical negligence claim such brain injuries, birth injuries, GP negligence, surgical negligence, cosmetic surgery claims, orthopaedic injuries, nerve injuries and misdiagnosis or late diagnosis of cancer.
Our Clinical Negligence team consists of James Bell, Paul Sankey, Nisha Sharma, Amy Bond, Michelle Woolls and Iona Millais.
Team members are part of the AvMA and Law Society Clinical Negligence Panels. We hope you will find this blog interesting and thought provoking.
News results
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Medical Negligence specialist Iona Millais on the consequences of delays in diagnosing Cancer
22 May 2012
I am instructed by a gentleman who was presented at his A&E department with an Abscess adjacent to a Verruca on his foot. He spent two years being passed between Dermatologists, Plastic Surgeons and Orthopaedic Surgeons before anyone considered that the problem may have been Cancer.
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Clinical Negligence specialist Michelle Woolls on Prescription Errors leading to GP Negligence Claims
22 May 2012
My client was negligently prescribed Haloperidol, an anti-psychotic medication. It should always be started at a low dose and titrated up gradually to find an optimal balance between the benefits and side effects.
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James Bell on the delayed diagnosis of Cancer and Cancer Claims
21 May 2012
A major study released recently revealed that more than 100,000 people diagnosed with Cancer each year previously had symptoms of the disease dismissed by family doctors.
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Prednisolone errors, Clinical Negligence specialist James Bell discusses the dangers of repeat prescribing
18 May 2012
Prescription error cases can be one off events or an established pattern of negligent prescribing. Failures in communication or failures to review medication can lead to serious injuries or even fatal outcomes.
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Clinical Negligence specialist James Bell discusses Government links with the insurance industry
15 May 2012
The news recently has been dominated by the stories of Jeremy Hunt's close links with News International and allegations that the Government were smoothing the way for the BSKYB takeover deal. A junior minister was forced to resign recently.
