Archive for November, 2009
Bill prompts care funding questions
Insurance chiefs have criticised the Government’s recently-announced Personal Care at Home Bill, and called for ministers to clarify the industry’s role in future healthcare funding.
Former postman died from asbestosis
Asbestos exposure while working on naval ships during the Second World War was the caused the death of a former Pimlico postman, an inquest heard.
Boy awarded £3.2m over infection
A £3.2 million compensation package has been awarded to a Devon boy who faces a lifetime of disability after developing septicaemia in hospital when he was a baby.
Brain-damaged man wins £3.2 million
A 20-year-old man severely brain damaged since the age of 12 because of a hospital’s failure to diagnose meningitis has won £3.2 million in compensation.
Doctor made allegations ‘in spite’
A hospital doctor accused a consultant of killing four patients to spite him after being suspended for sexual harassment, a medical watchdog has heard.







