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13
Mar 2014

Cauda Equina Syndrome – Major Cause of Litigation against NHS

An article  in the British Journal of General Practice by Jeremy Fairbanks and Christopher Mallen entitled “Cauda Equina Syndrome: implications for primary care,”(BJGP February 1, 2014 vol.64 no.619 67-68), comments that back pain is common, with 6% of a GP practice’s patients seeing their GPs about back pain each year and that, while in the…

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06
Mar 2014

Hospital Workers Sleeping on Duty Put Patients at Risk

As specialist Medical negligence solicitors at Chadwick Lawrence, we are concerned that patient safety may be compromised as a result of occasional incidents of NHS employees sleeping on duty and that this could potentially result in patients sustaining avoidable injuries. The Independent reported recent incidents of staff at King’s College Hospital in London asleep while…

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27
Feb 2014

Cauda Equina Syndrome Update

Cauda Equina Syndrome Update As a specialist clinical negligence solicitor and cauda equina syndrome solicitor at Chadwick Lawrence LLP, I was interested to read a 29th January 2014 update on cauda equina syndrome by Jennifer Robertson MD, MSEd, for emergency doctors (http://www.emdocs.net/cauda-equina-syndrome). This confirms the importance of doctors understanding cauda equina syndrome, as it can…

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