Divorce and compensation: understanding settlements in serious injury claims
They explore how compensation settlements that are meant for financial losses and the cost of meeting the needs that arise from the disability are treated when a marriage dissolves.
MNSI’s 2023/24 Annual Report – 945 referrals for stillborn, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain-injured babies
The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation programme (MNSI) has published its 2023/24 Annual Report. The report is MNSI’s first annual review since the maternity safety watchdog began operating independently from the former HSIB in October 2023, but the annual and cumulative statistics and recurring themes it presents continue to cause concern. From April 2023 to […]
NHS Resolution’s 2023/24 Annual Report – where is the data on EN scheme interim payments to patients?
The NHS’s defence organisation, NHS Resolution have published their annual report and accounts for 2023 to 2024. The report sets out headline figures relating to the number of medical negligence claims received and the compensation that NHS Resolution has paid, or expects to pay to patients who have been injured by medical negligence in order […]
Helping families obtain liability and claim compensation
Our cerebral palsy solicitors frequently hear parents blaming themselves for their child’s injury, but more often we find that negligent maternity or neonatal care caused their child’s condition. Parental feelings of guilt are almost always unjustified but can prevent families from seeking the support that can make a difference to their child. In this video, […]
Birth Trauma Inquiry reveals scandalous levels of disregard and poor care for mothers in UK maternity units
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Birth Trauma has published the findings of its inquiry into birth trauma experienced by women during maternity and postnatal care in the UK. The report, Listen to Mums: Ending the Postcode Lottery on Perinatal Care, describes the harrowing experiences of physical and resulting psychological injury suffered by women as a […]
Our clients’ story, in their own words…
Where we can prove that poor treatment caused or significantly contributed to the child’s brain injury and disability, we can help claim compensation for the child. This video covers a few of our cases and how compensation has helped their child. Share this article: Related insights Contact us If you would like advice regarding […]
MNSI highlights fetal monitoring, triage, workload and training failures in midwifery-led maternity care
The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations programme or MNSI has published its national learning report: Factors affecting the delivery of safe care in midwifery units. MNSI’s analysis of 92 maternity safety investigations carried out by its predecessor, HSIB, highlighted that failings in fetal monitoring by intermittent auscultation (IA), telephone triage, safety-critical scenario training and over-burdened […]
Who can claim compensation for psychological injury caused by medical negligence?
At Boyes Turner, our medical negligence lawyers specialise in high value compensation claims for clients who have suffered life-changing physical and neurological disability. Our clients’ injuries often involve brain damage at birth with lasting, severe disability, or paralysis from spinal cord injury (SCI), limb loss from amputation or lifelong pain and physical impairment from the […]
Patients Association calls for better access to diagnostic tests to reduce patient harm
The Patients Association has called on the government and the NHS to give patients easier, quicker and fully-informed access to diagnostic tests to prevent patient harm and improve patients’ experiences of NHS care. The patient-focussed healthcare charity set out its recommendations for improvements in the diagnostic process in its recently published Patient Experience of Diagnostics […]
IPPR calls for action and access to timely, effective healthcare to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD)
A report by leading UK think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), has called on NHS and healthcare policy makers to take action to prevent avoidable injury and death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). The report, Broken Hearted – A Spotlight Paper On Cardiovascular Disease, highlights concerns about downward trends in cardiovascular (heart and […]