People seeking justice for medical negligence in the UK could find themselves at a disadvantage, should the legal aid bill be made law. Kenneth Clarke, the Justice secretary, is pushing through the measures to reduce the rising cost of legal aid in the UK.  The proposed bill means that medical negligence cases will all come under the umbrella of “no win, no fee” arrangements.  This could mean [...]

Thousands more people in the UK could soon be making medical negligence compensation claims.  This is due to the fact that many more patients are falling ill in hospital from preventable conditions. A worrying statistic shows that bedsores are responsible for almost as many patients in British hospitals as MRSA.  This bedsore issue alone costs the National Health Service nearly £2 billion per year. Approximately [...]

If you have recently had unsuccessful Breast reduction surgery, then you are not alone.  Breast reduction, is known as a reduction mammaplasty in women or gynecomastia in men. This type of  surgery involves removing the excess fat from around the breasts.  This, in turn, will make them appear smaller. You may have chosen to undergo breast reduction surgery for cosmetic, comfort or health reasons. [...]

So are you set to have an operation in the not too distant future? If you are, you may want to have a look at your surgeons birth certificate as, according to a study, Middle-aged surgeons in their late 30s and 40s and are the safest. Although inexperience is an obvious disadvantage, if a surgeon has been in the profession for decades it is not a good thing. The small study, was undertaken by bmj.com.  [...]

Following an increase in the number of medical negligence claims, the UK government has been forced to provide more money to the NHS’s medical negligence fund. There has been an additional £185 million added to the NHS’s legal funds.  This is to fight the amount of Medical negligence compensation claims that have been taken out against the National Health Service. Medical Negligence cases have [...]

Breast augmentation, remains the hottest cosmetic procedure amongst British women, with 9,430 operations done by BAAPS registered surgeons during 2011. Breast augmentation, also known as boob jobs along with breast enhancement, is being wanted increasingly by young women who are worried about the size of their bosoms and are seeking an enlargement. Demand is fuelled both through growing social approval [...]

Medical negligence compensation claims involve considerable amounts of work. Therefore it is better to seek compensation claim advice direct from an expert solicitor as soon as possible, as a way to begin legal proceedings for the medical negligence claim. Medical negligence compensation claims have received greater coverage in recent years due to an amount of high profile cases along with the increase [...]

Each and every year, around 200,000 patients pass away due to avoidable medical negligence or hospital neglectfulness. A number of these patients as well as their family members won’t ever see justice since the medical information in their cases are generally incomplete, incorrect or fake, simply because civil litigation will be too risky and expensive in order to pursue, or simply because so-called [...]

Whether or not it’s down to the actual decaying services currently being supplied by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service or simply because much more of us understand the advantages of dental surgery, what’s undeniable is the fact that there are far more compensation cases with regard to dental negligence compared to any other period in our historical past. Thus, if you’ve [...]

If you have been suffering in pain, or perhaps a problem has been made even worse through medical negligence, you will know the suffering, tension and cash concerns that it may result in. If you are in bad health, or in a susceptible condition, obtaining guidance and figuring out whom you can speak to can be quite a complicated matter and may add to your anxiety. Even so, obtaining simple health-related [...]