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13
Apr 2021

Section: Medical Negligence

Compensation claims arising from failures in maternity care have cost the NHS £4 billion in last ten years

New data has revealed that maternity care failures over the last ten years have left more than 1,200 children with permanent brain damage and cost the NHS more than £4 billion in compensation. NHS Resolution, which handles compensation claims on behalf of the NHS, have reported that the number of maternity claims has increased significantly…

13
Apr 2021

Section: Medical Negligence

New five-minute Phesgo breast cancer treatment rolled out across NHS

The newly-approved remedy combines two treatments into a single injection, reducing the time needed to administer it by around two and a half hours. The Phesgo treatment combines two drugs, pertuzumab and trastuzumab, which are usually given separately as two intravenous infusions into a single injection in the thigh. Peter Johnson, NHS clinical director for…

07
Apr 2021

Section: Employer Services

Supermarket store workers seeking to “Pocket the Difference” in equal pay claim

Last month in Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley & Others, the Supreme Court found that the claimants (mostly women working in supermarkets) were entitled to compare themselves for equal pay purposes with employees (mostly men) working within Asda Distribution Centres (“DC”). A ‘valid comparator’ is a critical stage in establishing the basis for a successful…

30
Mar 2021

Section: Medical Negligence

Latest figures reveal pandemic’s impact on Leeds cancer services

New figures have revealed the toll the pandemic continues to take on people waiting for cancer tests or treatments, despite the best efforts of healthcare staff who are said to have gone “above and beyond” to keep the services going. Although hospital bosses have maintained their focus on the top two priority groups throughout this…

30
Mar 2021

Section: Medical Negligence

New breed of drug which reduces deaths from bladder cancer could replace chemotherapy treatment for other types of cancer

The antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) carry out chemotherapy-like attacks on cancer cells without causing side effects such as nausea, fatigue and hair loss. It is highly accurate and is able to target tumours without harming healthy tissue, enabling doctors to give high doses. Research into the ADC drug enfortumab vedotin on bladder cancer has shown it…

30
Mar 2021

Section: Medical Negligence

Research finds rise in life expectancy gap between most and least deprived in Wales

New research has found that women in the most deprived areas of Wales can expect to live approximately six years less, with a life expectancy of 79 years, than those in the least deprived areas, where the life expectancy is 85 years. In men, there was a seven year gap between the most and least…

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Compensation claims arising from failures in maternity care have cost the NHS £4 billion in last ten years

New five-minute Phesgo breast cancer treatment rolled out across NHS

Supermarket store workers seeking to “Pocket the Difference” in equal pay claim

Latest figures reveal pandemic’s impact on Leeds cancer services

New breed of drug which reduces deaths from bladder cancer could replace chemotherapy treatment for other types of cancer

Research finds rise in life expectancy gap between most and least deprived in Wales

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Compensation claims arising from failures in maternity care have cost the NHS £4 billion in last ten years

New five-minute Phesgo breast cancer treatment rolled out across NHS

Supermarket store workers seeking to “Pocket the Difference” in equal pay claim

Latest figures reveal pandemic’s impact on Leeds cancer services

New breed of drug which reduces deaths from bladder cancer could replace chemotherapy treatment for other types of cancer

Research finds rise in life expectancy gap between most and least deprived in Wales

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