Monthly Archives: April 2012

NHS facing legal action over choice of treatments

Posted on 25 April 2012 by Waldrons Solicitors

Four NHS Trusts are facing legal action after a pharmaceutical company launched a judicial review of their decision to use alternative medications. Novartis, the company behind the legal action, produce Lucentis, which is an NHS and NICE approved medication used … Continue reading →

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Negligence in failing to spot hypoglycaemia leads to £235m bill for NHS

Posted on 16 April 2012 by Waldrons Solicitors

Recent reports by The Guardian have shown that the NHS are set to spend £235m on claims for compensation which involve failures in diagnosing and treating hypoglycaemia in newborn babies. Figures reveal that a total of 79 such claims were … Continue reading →

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