The problem with Catheters…
We have been instructed recently on a few cases involving trauma caused by catheters. When the Daily Mail reported on similar issues this made us consider how often this is occurring. The report...
View ArticleAccess all Ages
In my blog of 13th June 2012, “Age Old Excuses”, I highlighted that, as from this month, elderly patients will be able to sue those who provide services, including healthcare, if they are denied the...
View ArticleHave you had unnecessary surgery?
There is a lot of coverage in the press and on the news at the moment surrounding the care of thousands of female patients and the cancer treatment that they may have had unnecessarily. This is a...
View ArticleWhy plans to reorganise Heart Surgery at the LGI are put on hold
On 12th June the health secretary announced that the closure of the Leeds heart unit and two others in Leicester and London will be suspended after it become apparent that the initial consultation...
View ArticleHealthcare, is this for real?
There are a lot of headlines around at the moment involving the performance of care homes, hospitals, individual surgeons, the NHS itself and whether or not they are regulated properly. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleWhy we Welcome the Disclosure of NHS Surgeons’ Mortality Rates
With recent scandals involving a lack of transparency we at Neil Hudgell Solicitors welcome the disclosure of NHS surgeons’ mortality rates. It can only be right that patients undergoing surgery are...
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