SIA’s ‘What Matters 2025’ survey finds barriers for people with SCI in health care, work and everyday life
The Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) have published their latest report on the needs and priorities of people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the UK. SIA’s annual ‘What Matters?’ survey aims to better understand the difficulties that people with SCI face, to inform and focus their awareness-raising campaigns and support work. The 2025 ‘What […]
Types of lower limb amputation
Lower limb amputations can occur following trauma, infection, or complications from diseases such as diabetes or peripheral vascular disease. There are many causes of lower limb amputation and at Boyes Turner we have helped our clients investigate cases relating to delays in diagnosing and properly treating infection and sepsis, delays in diagnosing and treating foot […]
Sands & Tommy’s report highlights UK’s lack of progress in saving babies’ lives
A new Saving Babies’ Lives 2025 Progress Report from baby loss charities, Sands & Tommy’s, has highlighted the UK’s poor progress in reducing stillbirth and neonatal (newborn death) and tackling inequalities in maternity and neonatal care. The report calls for a renewed commitment from government and new targets to replace the unmet, current National Maternity […]
WHO publishes new global guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and care of meningitis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published global guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with suspected or diagnosed acute meningitis. The first-of-its-kind, ‘WHO guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care‘ makes recommendations based on globally recognised and evidence-based standards of care to improve early detection, treatment and access to aftercare for adults […]
Diabetes misdiagnosis: causes and consequences
Diabetes is a chronic condition that occurs when a person’s blood sugar is too high. There are different types of diabetes and each type requires different treatment and management. Misdiagnosis of diabetes can delay appropriate care and increases the risk of complications. These complications include diabetic ketoacidosis, which is where a lack of insulin causes […]
A mother shares her experience of finding answers after birth injury
When Emma’s* baby was diagnosed with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) at birth and transferred to another hospital for cooling, this set in motion an HSIB investigation into her hospital maternity care and a referral to the NHS’s legal defence team at NHS Resolution. Dazed and disoriented from her difficult birth experience, Emma found herself swept […]
Sands calls for improved patient information and triage response to reduced fetal movements in pregnancy
Leading UK stillbirth and neonatal death charity, Sands, has called for improvements in the information and maternity triage responses that pregnant women and birthing people receive in relation to reduced fetal movements in pregnancy. Fetal movement not only provides reassurance to the expectant mother and a sense of connection with her baby, but is also […]
Stages of diabetic foot ulcers: From early signs to advanced complications
An ulcer is a medical term for an open sore. Foot ulcers can often take a long time to heal, especially in individuals with diabetes. People with diabetes often suffer with diabetic neuropathy, which can mean they do not feel pain from an injury to the foot, such as a cut or a blister. The […]
British Heart Foundation (BHF) highlights CVD risks for women, socially deprived and ethnic groups
Leading heart health charity, the British Heart Foundation (BHF), has published a report highlighting the impact of deprivation, gender and ethnicity on cardiovascular disease (CVD) care. The number of people dying from cardiovascular (heart and circulatory) disease in the UK each year has almost halved since BHF began funding research and campaigning for better heart […]
NHS England’s Cervical Cancer Elimination Plan
NHS England (NHSE) has published its plan to eliminate cervical cancer in England by 2040. Cervical cancer claims the lives of nearly 700 women in England each year but is now known to be largely preventable through vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV), a common but symptom-free virus which can develop into cervical cancer if left […]