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NHS funding 'risk to cancer care'
Michelmores' Clinical Negligence team provide a link and the full text of the worrying report posted on the BBC website today identifying flaws in the payment-by-results system of funding cancer care introduced in 2003.
Academics doubt link between death and standards
In a report commissioned by NHS West Midlands, a Birmingham University study is critical of the way hospital standardised mortality ratios published by Dr Foster Intelligence are reported: high mortality rates are not necessarily linked to poor care or failing hospitals.
Early treatment is key to combating Hepatitis C virus - Canadian research
Results of important Canadian research has been published in the on-line edition of the Journal of Virology.
Victims of Britain's tainted blood scandal speak
Michelmores' Clinical Negligence team provide a link and the full text of the article posted on the Hepatitis C Trust website today.
Michelmores' Clinical Negligence partner Laurence Vick to be listed in Debrett's directory of the world's movers and shakers
In recognition of his national reputation and involvement in many high profile clinical negligence claims over a 25 year career, Michelmores' Clinical Negligence partner Laurence Vick has been invited for the second year running to appear in the 2009 edition of Debrett's People of Today.
US infant heart transplants ignite worldwide ethical and legal debate
The controversial case of three infant heart transplants performed in Denver, USA, described in the 14 August 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has ignited a worldwide ethical, moral and legal debate.
Swindon inquest into death of baby Mariyam Salam after air tube blunder
A premature baby died after a ventilation tube was mistakenly put into her stomach rather than her lungs, an inquest has heard.
Inquiry calls for changes to prevent further deaths following Mencap's ‘Death by indifference' campaign
Healthcare inquiry today calls for change to prevent further deaths among people with a learning disability in NHS care.
The findings of the inquiry were launched on Tuesday 29 July 2008. The inquiry was ordered in response to Mencap's ‘Death by indifference' report, which told the stories of six people with a learning disability who were believed to have died unnecessarily while in NHS care.
Sun newspaper report on figures revealing hospital wards "crawling with rats, cockroaches, flies and maggots
Michelmores have been at the forefront of the national debate on improvements in infection control and hygiene standards in the NHS.
The firm’s head of clinical negligence, Laurence Vick, expresses his concerns over this latest report from the Sun newwspaper and said today "We need greater transparency in NHS infection control. Publishing data like this, although deeply shocking, will hopefully drive up hygiene standards in our hospitals."
Thousands at risk of deadly virus as GPs misread hepatitis C test results
Results of the Hepatitis C Regional GP study published on the Hepatitis C Trust website highlight the inability of some GP's to identify those who should be offered a hepatitis C test and to interpret results correctly.