Medical negligence solicitors at Switalskis are supporting calls for urgent action following the release of interim findings from the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, led by Baroness Valerie Amos.

A Coroner has concluded that a newborn baby who was born prematurely in the early hours of Christmas Day 2023 would likely have survived if missed opportunities in his mother’s care to administer antenatal steroids had not occurred.

Medical negligence experts at Switalskis Solicitors say they support calls for an inquiry into a County Durham NHS Trust after an independent review found that more than 200 breast cancer and breast surgery patients suffered harm.

The County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has apologised to breast cancer patients, and their families, affected by the failings identified in an independent external review. More than 200 cases are being investigated at the Trust, which runs nine hospitals in the county.

A BBC report today has brought renewed public attention to the long-standing concerns around maternity care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The article features a family whose traumatic experience dates back to 2009 - well outside what many expect will be the proposed timeframe of the upcoming independent inquiry.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn is part of a national review led by Baroness Valerie Amos to improve maternity and neonatal care, enhance safety, reduce birth injuries, and ensure compassionate, high-quality support for families.

The revelation that five ‘never events’ occurred within just five months at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has raised significant concern about patient safety standards across the region.

A recent BBC investigation has revealed that nearly all NHS Trusts in England are failing to meet national waiting time targets for cancer treatment. With only three out of 121 Trusts treating patients within the 62-day target, the figures paint a deeply concerning picture of delays that could cost lives.