“New rules for the collection of cord blood have triggered a row between the Human Tissue Authority and Virgin Health Bank (VHB), a private company involved in the process.”
The Times, 1st May 2008
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Archive for the 'birth' Category
Ban on fathers collecting stem-cell blood at births - The Times
Published May 1, 2008 birth , human tissue , news 0 CommentsThalidomide compensation demanded - BBC News
Published April 21, 2008 birth , medicines , news , personal injuries 0 Comments“Dozens of people born with deformities due to the drug thalidomide have demanded compensation from the company that invented the drug 50 years ago.”
BBC News, 18th April 2008
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Brain-damaged woman clears way for victims to sue over baby scandal - The Times
Published March 14, 2008 birth , hospitals , negligence , news 0 Comments“Families of patients with severe brain damage after heart surgery as children are preparing to sue the NHS after a profoundly disabled woman won her case for compensation in the wake of the Bristol heart babies scandal.”
The Times, 14th March 2008
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Brain damage boy awarded £5.4m - BBC News
Published February 27, 2008 birth , damages , hospitals , negligence , news 0 Comments“A ’sparky young man’ who suffered serious brain damage at birth has been awarded £5.4m in damages.”
BBC News, 27th February 2008
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Woman whose family history was overlooked died while giving birth - The Times
Published January 9, 2008 birth , inquests , medical treatment , news 0 Comments“A woman died while giving birth after a clerical error left her without specialist medical care, despite both her mother and her aunt having been killed by the same rare condition at exactly the same age, an inquest was told yesterday.”
The Times, 9th January 2008
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Disabled teenager wins £5.5m compensation - Daily Telegraph
Published October 18, 2007 birth , compensation , disabled persons , negligence , news 0 Comments“A teenager from West Bromwich was awarded a compensation package of nearly £5.5 million today after a series of failures during his birth left him severely disabled.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2007
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Labour in crisis: staff shortages blamed for £665m payout in birth errors - The Independent
Published October 8, 2007 birth , midwives , negligence , news 0 Comments“Childbirth is claimed to be safer than ever. Yet the price paid by the NHS for deliveries going catastrophically wrong has risen 59 per cent to £259m – enough to fund the consultants and midwives needed to save thousands of babies and mothers from harm.”
The Independent, 8th October 2007
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NHS is facing £4.5bn compensation bill over babies damaged at birth by hospital “blunders” - The Observer
Published September 24, 2007 birth , compensation , doctors , midwives , negligence , news 0 Comments“The NHS is facing £4.5bn in compensation claims over alleged blunders by midwives and doctors that have left babies suffering severe brain damage, The Observer can reveal.”
The Observer, 23rd September 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
