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Legal ruling forces government to compensate people with swine flu vaccination injuries
DWP criticised for case handling after appeal fails in important test case People who developed narcolepsy as a result of the 2009-10 pandemic swine flu vaccine can receive compensation of…
Supreme Court quashes Westminster Council’s decision to house mother of five 50 miles away from friends and family
All local authorities will urgently need to review and publish fresh guidance, say lawyers The Supreme Court has today allowed an appeal by a mother of five who was made…
Supreme Court allows appeal and quashes Westminster City Council’s decision on out of borough placement
There was welcome news this week for homeless applicants across the country with the news that the Supreme Court has quashed Westminster Council’s decision on an out of borough placement…
Barts Health NHS Trust put into special measures after damning inspection report
Barts Health NHS Trust, has been put into special measures after the Care Quality Commission branded core services at Whipps Cross Hospital “inadequate”. The inspectors’ report detailed 208 serious incidents…
Inquest into overdose death at leading London psychiatric hospital finds systematic failures by medical staff
A jury at the inquest into the death of Derek Richards, a 39-year-old father of two, from Croydon who died whilst under section at Bethlem Royal Hospital, a psychiatric hospital…