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17-year-old could have been saved following traumatic C-section
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17-year-old could have been saved following traumatic C-section

Posted on 01st November 2022 in Medical Negligence

An inquest has heard that Teegan Barnard could have survived following a traumatic C-section had the medics acted differently.
Simon Mansfield

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Simon Mansfield

Partner and Solicitor
Reading the signals report on maternity and neonatal services in East Kent
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Reading the signals report on maternity and neonatal services in East Kent

Posted on 27th October 2022 in Medical Negligence

We are saddened to read another report following an inquiry into maternal care which concluded that 45 babies might have survived if they had received better care at East Kent NHS Hospitals Trust.
Helena Campbell

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Helena Campbell

Associate & Chartered Legal Executive
Financial Cost of Erb's Palsy
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Financial Cost of Erb's Palsy

Posted on 20th October 2022 in Medical Negligence

Erb’s Palsy is a disability of the arm, shoulder and hand which arises through nerve damage usually at birth. It has a financial cost to the individual and their family and an economic cost to society.
Clair Hemming

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Clair Hemming

Partner and Solicitor
Psychological Cost of Erb's Palsy
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Psychological Cost of Erb's Palsy

Posted on 19th October 2022 in Medical Negligence

Erb’s palsy is a disability of the arm, shoulder and hand which arises through nerve damage usually at birth. Not everyone will have an emotional or psychological consequence as a result of having Erb’s palsy, but many do, and it can be hidden below the surface.
Clair Hemming

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Clair Hemming

Partner and Solicitor
Investigation into stillbirth and neonatal death cases
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Investigation into stillbirth and neonatal death cases

Posted on 18th October 2022 in Medical Negligence

The Telegraph have undertaken an investigation into NHS hospitals in England, alleging that babies who were born alive, were in fact stillborn.
Helena Campbell

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Helena Campbell

Associate & Chartered Legal Executive
Physical Cost of Erb’s Palsy
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Physical Cost of Erb’s Palsy

Posted on 18th October 2022 in Medical Negligence

Erb’s Palsy is a disability of the arm, shoulder and hand which arises through nerve damage usually at birth.  As an individual with Erb’s palsy the impact will differ to a greater or lesser degree.
Clair Hemming

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Clair Hemming

Partner and Solicitor
Cost of Erb’s Palsy
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Cost of Erb’s Palsy

Posted on 17th October 2022 in Medical Negligence

Erb’s Palsy is a permanent disability which results from an injury to the brachial plexus commonly caused during birth.    Please watch our video “What is Erb’s Palsy” which explains how the injury arises.  
Clair Hemming

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Clair Hemming

Partner and Solicitor
Meningitis and its devasting consequences
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Meningitis and its devasting consequences

Posted on 05th October 2022 in Medical Negligence

World Meningitis Day was first held in 2008 and every year since then the Confederation of Meningitis Organisations and other charities supporting those affected by the disease have been using this opportunity to raise awareness of meningitis.
Helena Campbell

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Helena Campbell

Associate & Chartered Legal Executive
Independent review into Maternity Services at the Nottingham University NHS Trust officially opened
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Independent review into Maternity Services at the Nottingham University NHS Trust officially opened

Posted on 01st September 2022 in Medical Negligence

Today, the independent review into Maternity Services at the Nottingham University NHS Trust was officially opened by Donna Ockenden who leads the review with a team of around 60 practicing NHS maternity experts.
Clair Hemming

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Clair Hemming

Partner and Solicitor
Waiting times for ambulances increases further
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Waiting times for ambulances increases further

Posted on 10th June 2022 in Medical Negligence

An investigation by The Liberal Democrats has revealed that ambulance response time targets are being missed in every part of Devon.
Michelle Beckett

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Michelle Beckett

Senior Associate & Solicitor
A v Poole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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A v Poole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posted on 27th May 2022 in Medical Negligence

Tozers were instructed by the parents of child A, who was diagnosed with a brachial plexus injury 2 days following her birth at Poole Hospital in 2015. 
Clair Hemming

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Clair Hemming

Partner and Solicitor
What is the NHS’s Early Notification Scheme?
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What is the NHS’s Early Notification Scheme?

Posted on 13th May 2022 in Medical Negligence

The NHS’s Early Notification Scheme (ENS) was set up in April 2017 to reduce the time between identifying maternity incidents of potentially severe brain injury and resolution of potential claims.
Endurance Arthur

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Endurance Arthur

Partner and Solicitor