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Shift work 'may endanger patients'

The practice of doctors working shifts may endanger the safety of patients, a BMA Scotland report has said. The organisation's junior doctors committee said doctors on shifts are more likely to s...

Payout for bone fracture patient

Lawyers for a patient who suffered multiple bone fractures after a surgical implant operation say he has received a substantial damages payment. Gerald Morgan, 60, was left in agony with "horrendou...

NI Pleural plaque move announced

People in Northern Ireland who suffer from pleural plaques will be able to claim compensation under plans being brought forward by the country's Executive administration. The decision was made afte...

Campaigners urge asbestos action

Campaigners seeking improved compensation for those affected by asbestos diseases have attacked the Government's refusal to promise action on the issue. People with pleural plaques had been hope...

Firm fined after worker crushed

A Maidenhead-based waste management and recycling firm that admitted breaching health and safety laws after a driver was killed in a landfill site work accident has been fined £210,000 at No...

Family in Ubani case gets £40,000

The family of a pensioner who died because of medical negligence by a German locum doctor have accepted £40,000 in compensation, it has been revealed. David Gray, 70, died not long after he...

Death blamed on hospital failures

Medical negligence and a failure to adhere to health and safety rules contributed directly to the death of a severely disabled patient at an Essex hospital, a judge has heard. Kyle Flack, a 20-ye...

Hospital criticised for man's death

A hospital that wrongly diagnosed a man with heart disease as suffering from indigestion has been told by watchdogs to review its communication. The 41-year-old man, who was not named in the report...

Trust apology over woman's death

The family of a Nottingham woman who died from a kidney infection after it was misdiagnosed has received an apology from the hospital trust. Last January, 69-year-old Annette Hewitt, from St Ann's,...

Paraplegic wins compensation battle

Insurers have been ordered to pay compensation to a Good Samaritan who was left paralysed after stopping to help the victim of a road traffic accident , the Daily Telegraph has reported. David To...


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