The family of a baby who was left blind in one eye and
brain-damaged after a number of errors during a routine birth has
received an apology from the NHS Trust.
A misuse of forceps by medical staff...
A council has been fined after failing to warn an employee of an
asbestos
danger when he was sent to fix a water leak at a housing
complex.
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council was ordered to pa...
Andrew
Morgan , partner in our mesothelioma
and asbestos department , is co-chairing the Annual
International Asbestos Litigation Conference.
The conference, organised by Butterworths, is...
The Department for Education's (DfE) confidence in the ability
of schools to manage asbestos is "misplaced", a teaching union has
claimed.
DfE officials welcomed a Health and Safety Executive (HSE)...
The credentials of people offering cosmetic surgery should be
thoroughly checked to reduce the chances of medical
negligence because of unregulated providers, an industry group
has said.
The Bri...
The list of accidents at work is
ever-growing as an engineering company in Preston is fined £17,500
for safety failures that caused the death of a lathe operator.
Safety inspectors inve...
The employer of a labourer who died while working on a Premier
League club training academy has been fined £160,000.
In February 2007, Karl Davis, from Wallasey, Merseyside, was
working at Ev...
Thousands of people around the UK will be raising their
mugs on Friday, 24 September, in aid of Macmillan Cancer
Care.
The World's Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support's
biggest fun...
A regulator has warned that a diabetes drug, which could
potentially increase the risk of stroke and heart attacks, should
not be prescribed to new patients.
Avandia has been suspended after th...
Experts are highlighting the hidden dangers of
asbestos at a major conference in the north east on September
23.
The conference, at The Hilton in Gateshead, has been designed to
advise businesse...