Medical Negligence vs. Medical Malpractice – what’s the difference?
The terms medical negligence and medical malpractice are sometimes used interchangeably when referring to breaches of care in medical treatment, but they both mean someone receiving substandard or negligent care at the hands of a healthcare professional.
What is medical negligence in the UK?
Medical negligence in the UK, is also known as clinical negligence. It occurs when a healthcare professional such as a doctor or nurse breaches their duty of care to a patient that results in harm to the patient.
Sepsis – The silent killer
Head of Medical Negligence and Personal Injury, Rachael Flanagan explains the ongoing issues with the diagnosis of Sepsis and the delayed treatment of it.
Are you at a higher risk of developing breast cancer?
Most people don’t have serious long term effects from radiotherapy. But because Hodgkin lymphoma treatment is so successful and people are living a long time after treatment, doctors are beginning to see problems emerging many years later.
Research has found that women treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with radiotherapy when they were under 30 years of age have an increased risk of developing another cancer later in life. The highest risk is the possible development of breast cancer approximately 10 years later. This is caused by radiotherapy to the chest area.
Alsters Kelley – Medical Negligence: The Next Pandemic
COVID-19 has turned our lives upside down. The impact has been huge in almost every aspect of our day, from work to education, mental health, and family life.