Medical negligence
27 Jan 2021
Rare Disease Day 28th February 2021
At IMD Solicitors we like to promote awareness and education with a view to ultimately promoting better public health. Therefore, as we recognise Rare Disease awareness day I am going to write about why this is necessary and how we can together make a difference to those who may have a rare disease. We do […]
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19 Jan 2021
COVID-19 – What Can We Learn From The Mary Mallon Story
I recently attended a fascinating talk by Prof. Judith W. Leavett, Emeritus, from the University of Wisconsin courtesy of No. 7 Bedford Row Chambers. In the talk the Professor raised some interesting issues which I propose to mention here not least because of where we are with the pandemic but also because it could help […]
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15 Jan 2021
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
Cervical cancer prevention week is a chance to highlight and raise awareness of the risks of cervical cancer. It is also a chance to help women and their loved ones to learn more about the risks and what steps they can take to prevent cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is cancer of the cervix which is […]
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13 Jan 2021
Possible Discrimination Caused By Covid-19 and The Challenges Of Inequalities
The discrimination caused by unequal access to health care has over exposed many due to the nature of their jobs. For example many people of ethnic minority are employed in low paid jobs such as working in hospital settings or in care homes. Inequality can exist when those suffering cannot participate in decisions, or are […]
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6 Jan 2021
Cancer Operations Postponed Due to Rise in Covid Care
Cancellation of Urgent cancer operations It’s been reported by the BBC today that potentially life-saving cancer operations have had to be postponed due to the rise in Covid patients needing urgent care by King’s College hospital in London. Anyone with cancer in need of urgent care will be worried by these developments but we hope […]
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24 Nov 2020
Care Home Coronavirus Medical Negligence Claims
We are all in a state of shock with what is happening but something I heard on the news last night really upset me. I heard that of the 400,000 care home residents in the U.K. about 20,000 died during the pandemic, with some deaths not even counted in the data we hear almost daily. […]
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9 Nov 2020
Mouth Cancer Awareness Month
This month is Mouth Cancer Action Month, a charity campaign aimed to raise awareness of mouth cancer and to improve the lives through early detection, prevention as well as treatment. As a Clinical Negligence lawyer I come across cases of delayed diagnosis of different types of cancer, including mouth cancer. We see our clients in […]
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4 Nov 2020
Coronavirus and NHS Waiting List
Pressures on NHS staff to treat non Covid 19 patients with other serious health issues such as cancer, heart conditions and hip replacement surgeries have for understandable reasons been put on the back burner while the NHS were coping with pandemic. However, social distancing and staff shortage are but a few of the challenges faced […]
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4 Nov 2020
Covid 19 and the aftermath
For the past few weeks it seems we have been in a bad dream but when the dust settles we will have time to pause and reflect. There will be a reflection on the government’s strategy and decisions to deal with this pandemic. There will be many questions on patient safety, NHS staff safety and […]
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