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NHS apology over birth blunders

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...

Council fined over asbestos blunder

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...

International Asbestos Conference

Andrew Morgan , partner in our mesothelioma and asbestos department , is co-chairing the Annual International Asbestos Litigation Conference. The conference, organised by Butterworths, is...

Union slams asbestos safety claims

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)...

Cosmetic surgery warning issued

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...

Engineers fined for staff death

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...

Firm fined over football site death

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...

World's biggest coffee morning

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...

New Avandia prescriptions suspended

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...

Asbestos conference to explain rule changes

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...


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