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Concerns Around Use Of Contaminated Talc In Cosmetic Body Powder And Make-Up Products And Lack Of Consumer Awareness
Limited understanding in UK of potential asbestos contamination in talcum powder and talc- based make-up products and associated health risks Talcum powder and talc based make-up products are part of…
Leading Mental Health Charity SANE Joins Call For Statutory Public Inquiry Into 2,000 deaths At An NHS Trust In Essex
Leading UK mental health charity SANE has joined the longstanding campaign calling for a statutory public inquiry into 2,000+ deaths of patients of Essex Mental Health Services. The deaths occurred…
Women’s Radio talks to campaigners Melanie Leahy and Julia Hopper about the growing call for a Statutory Public Inquiry into Essex Partnership University NHS Trust (EPUT)
Interviewed by Anna Kennedy on her show ‘All Things Autism’ on Women’s Radio they discussed the ongoing call for a statutory public inquiry to compel witnesses to give evidence into…
Essex Partnership University NHS Trust (EPUT) – Latest CQC Report Acute Wards For Adults Of Working Age And Psychiatric Intensive Care Units – Rating Fallen From ‘Requires Improvement’ To ‘Inadequate’
Nina Ali, solicitor representing over 80 families calling for a statutory public inquiry into Essex Mental Health services has been shocked by the publication of the latest Care Quality Commission…
Hodge Jones & Allen and People’s Care Watchdog Add Their Voices To Growing Concern About Use Of End-Of-Life Drugs, Midazolam and Opioids
Premature deaths lead to questioning of NICE guidelines about end-of-life drugs New Parliamentary Report “When End of Life Care Goes Wrong” confirms fears The People’s Care Watchdog, a community action…
Great Step Forward In The Cape Must Pay! Campaign – Protests Against Cape On the 19th April On Hold
Congratulations to The Asbestos Victims Support Group Forum (AVSFG, UK) who, this week, welcomed the news that Cape plc, formerly known as Cape Asbestos, have agreed to meet the…
Appeal Challenge Successful For Protecting The Rights Of Homeless Women With Pre-Settled EU Status (Case: A v Barnet)
Our client had approached her Local Authority for a home as she was alone with two children (including one in local education). At the time she was on maternity leave…
Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen Joins Call For Statutory Public Inquiry Into 2000 Deaths At An NHS Trust In Essex
Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University is latest to join calls for a statutory public inquiry into 2000 deaths at an NHS Trust in Essex Leading autism researcher Professor…
Second inquest into death of Peter Seaby concludes care home failings contributed to death of resident
24 February 2023: The second Inquest into Peter Seaby, a man with Down’s Syndrome who died at The Oaks and Woodcroft Care Home, Norfolk, in May 2018, concluded today at…
Developments in Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) expose secret State operation to undermine 1970s anti-apartheid movement
Evidence from 50 years ago and very recent admissions from State bodies show undercover police officers (UCOs) operating within the framework of Government-approved and Security Services-led strategy for undermining perceived…
Developments in Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) expose secret State operation to undermine Workers’ Revolutionary Party (WRP)
Evidence from almost 50 years ago and very recent admissions from State bodies show that leading 1970s campaigns and campaigners were spied on by undercover officers operating within the framework…
Hodge Jones & Allen Adds More Strength To Its Medical Negligence Team With The Arrival Of New Partner Geoffrey Simpson-Scott
Geoffrey Simpson-Scott joined as a partner at Hodge Jones & Allen on Monday, 20 February, He is a highly experienced medical negligence litigator having specialised for over 20 years, dealing…
