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Home alone – PHSO report reveals failures in discharge and care for the elderly and vulnerable
Patients are being sent home alone, afraid and unable to cope and in some cases without their relatives or carers being told, resulting in devastating consequences, according to a report...
Personal maternity budgets: Will giving women more choice really drive up care standards?
Recently the National Maternity Review was published with recommendations as to how maternity services should change over the next five years, with proposals designed to make care safer and give...
Mefloquine – time for change as inquiry hears evidence of harmful side effects experienced by those in the armed forces
The distressing psychiatric side effects of anti-malarial drug mefloquine have long been known, yet the drug has been routinely issued to British soldiers since 1993.
The Government should think again on fixed fees in clinical negligence cases argues Nina Ali, partner, Hodge Jones & Allen
This summer the Department of Health announced proposals to fix costs in clinical negligence cases worth below £250,000 and, in doing so, raised grave concerns that many victims of medical…
Mental health provision in crisis: documentary shines a light on system in need of radical change
BBC Panorama’s Britain’s Mental Health Crisis programme shown last week provided a worrying insight into the perilous state of mental health care and services across the country. The programme focused…