Archive for the ‘Medical Malpractice / Litigation’ Category
Monday, July 21st, 2008
"Don't think you can rely solely on the NHS indemnity scheme, even if you're only going to work in the National Health Service" is the message to thousands of junior doctors embarking on specialist training posts this August, from an expert indemnity organisation. The Medical Protection Society (MPS), the ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
ASHP has called together top experts in medication safety for a summit next week that will create a national strategy to prevent harm and death from intravenous medication errors. Set for July 14 and 15, ASHP's IV Safety Summit will gather an elite group of healthcare practitioners, thought leaders and ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
A 51 year old adult nurse from East Ham, London has been struck off the register following a hearing by the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC's) independent Conduct and Competence Committee panel. Philomena David was employed as an E grade practise nurse at Plasnet Road Medical Centre, Maidstone between January 2007 ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
A 43 year old registered nurse from Kirkintilloch, Scotland has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register for an assault conviction that left his wife severely injured and his fitness to practise impaired. George Preston was convicted of assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement at Glasgow ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
The recent medication errors affecting 17 infants in Texas serve as a tragic warning, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). "Our hearts go out to the families and pharmacists involved in this very sad accident," said Henri R. Manasse, Jr., Ph.D., Sc.D. "This regrettable incident is ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
The Politico on Tuesday examined the amount of attention presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) are giving to Supreme Court appointments.According to The Politico, despite Obama's background as a lawyer and college constitutional law lecturer, he does not talk about judicial nominations in his stump speech. ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Two men from London were sentenced at Kingston Crown Court for the illegal sale and supply of Class C drugs and counterfeit medicines. The sentencing followed an investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Mr Shabbir Hussain (55) of 94 Dollis Hill Lane, Cricklewood, London, NW2 6JD ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Lawyers for two girls who received Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil last month filed the first two claims under the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, the New York Post reports.One of the girls, Jesalee Parsons of Oklahoma, developed pancreatitis shortly after receiving the vaccine, according to her claim. The other ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
A 43 year old registered nurse from Aston, Birmingham has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register for physically and verbally abusing a vulnerable care home patient.Reolebile Moswate was employed at Hillview Court Care Home in Sauchie in September 2007 when she grabbed an elderly patient by ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Today, a state court denied eight retail pharmacies' motion to stop the ten percent Medi-Cal provider cuts. The pharmacies sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) from Sacramento Superior Court against the California Department of Health Care Services and its director Sandra Shewry to block the cuts from being implemented. The ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Nearly 1,300 health lawyers and participants from across the nation gathered at the San Francisco Marriott in downtown San Francisco June 29-July 2, 2008 for the American Health Lawyers Association's In-House Counsel Program and Annual Meeting events.Delivering the keynote address on June 29 was Dr. Peter R. Orszag, Director of ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Newton Abbot Magistrates' Court has ruled that a phoney practitioner describing himself as an osteopath has broken the law. Mr David Jackson of Newton Abbot, Devon pleaded not guilty yesterday to three charges of describing himself as an osteopath when not registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC). He was ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The family of a former UNISON member has received more than ￡140,000 in compensation following his death from mesothelioma - a lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos in the workplace. Jim Crowe, from Wood Green in London, died aged 79, in June 2007 after developing the deadly disease.Jim, who ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
A panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Monday asked the Ohio Supreme Court to clarify whether a state law restricting the use of the abortion drug mifepristone, also known as RU-486, "explicitly limits" use to the first seven weeks of pregnancy before ruling on ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Ankylosing Spondylitis (Bechterew's Disease) is a painful chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease, associated with stiffening of the vertrebral column. Between 100,000 and 150,000 cases have already been diagnosed in Germany, but milder forms of the disease may remain undiagnosed.The research team, led by Dr. Roland R. Wick, with Dr. Elke A. ...
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