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Professional institutes that provide services to people have both an implied and formal duty of care. This is particularly prevalent in the medical profession and those employed in the provision of health care have quite a stringent duty of care for their patients and the care given. In the UK the vast majority of medical [...]
ABI is an acronym for Acquired Brain Injury and it is specifically used to categorise injuries to the brain that happen after birth. There is a distinct difference in medical / legal parlance and details of injury classification for brain injuries sustained before or at the birth can be found in previous articles. The following [...]
Medical or clinical negligence is no different to negligence in other areas of the law. Just as an employer is bound to look after their employees, medical staff are bound to look after their patients. Medical negligence can be attributed to many areas including: • Prescriptions • Delay in treatment • Misdiagnosis • Surgical error [...]
If you contracted MRSA as a result of medical negligence then you should be entitled to compensation. Unfortunately, MRSA is a severe infection that often occurs as a result of health procedures not being followed properly. It can be contracted as a result of coming into contact with an infected patient or as a result [...]
