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The latest reports into maternity care carried out by MBRRACE (Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries Across the UK) have been…
A recent report by the Independent Maternity Services Oversight Panel (Imsop) has found that a shocking two thirds of women could have had a different…
Maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have been downgraded to inadequate following a recent unannounced inspection from the Care Quality Commission (‘CQC’). This…
The 9th October 2020 marked the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week 2020. Tragically most people will either have been personally affected by pregnancy or…
The 1st September marked the start of Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month. Sadly, most people will know someone who has battled cancer and the devastating impact…
Basildon University Hospital in Essex has been ordered to carry out urgent improvements following a whistleblowing incident which raised fears about patient safety. The hospital…
It has been announced this that a criminal inquiry has been launched into the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Maternity Trust. The Trust, responsible for…
Recently issues relating to family planning and fertility in clinical negligence claims have come under renewed focus following the decision in Whittington Hospital NHS Trust…
There are currently over 50,000 people living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) in the UK and research published by the Spinal Injuries Association, Back…
Endometriosis affects up to 1 in 10 women in the UK. Despite the condition being far from rare, it is not a condition widely known…
These are truly testing times for all of us, unprecedented, nothing like we have experienced before. Now imagine being diagnosed or suffering with cancer during…
Last year I wrote a blog entitled “Claiming the costs of surrogacy in an action for personal injury” which looked at the Court of Appeal…
At Bolt Burdon Kemp we all too often see the effect that a delayed cancer diagnosis can have. A late diagnosis of reproductive cancer can…
Getting a smear, particularly for the first time, is often a case of putting your big girl’s pants on and being brave for a few…
In a study carried out by the organisation Birthrights, less than half of women they surveyed had the birth they wanted and many experienced lack…
Earlier this month one of our Senior Solicitors in our Complex Injury Team, Olivia Boschat, wrote a very interesting article for Female First highlighting the…
Tuesday 26th June 2019 saw the first ever London networking lunch meeting for the Women Lawyers And Mothers (WLAM) network. The lunch, organised by Hannah…
The aim of any personal injury claim is to return the injured party to the position they would have been in, had the accident not…
The recent news story about 18 year-old Ebony Stevenson, who woke up from a four-day coma caused by pre-eclampsia to find out she had given…
Are women in need of Caesarean sections being denied them on the NHS because of financial pressures? This question was posed to the Department of…
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