I think the debate regarding costs in clinical negligence claims reached a new low yesterday with the Guardian publishing an article by Polly Toynbee suggesting that the time was now right to bring back Crown Immunity for the National Health Service.

The clinical negligence team at Hodge Jones & Allen frequently receives enquiries from relatives of elderly persons, concerned that their loved ones have suffered harm whilst resident in care homes and seeking advice on appropriate legal remedies.

The recent proposals by the MDU and MPS to reform clinical negligence claims have featured in the legal press in recent weeks. The MPS in particular appears to have started a major PR campaign to push their desired agenda. The have produced a glossy media campaign called “Striking a balance”.

It has been reported that an inquiry will be held into the “contaminated blood scandal”, where NHS patients had been administered blood products which had been infected with hepatitis C and HIV. The report notes that this resulted in at least £2,400 deaths.

I see that the MHRA ( Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) has issued another warning with regards to metal-on-metal”…