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<title><![CDATA[Maternity Services in Crisis]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[
Maternity units are teetering on the brink under the relentless pressure of rising birth rates, warns Cathy Warwick General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, who announced her concerns to the media this week.
Over the past decade, the birthrate in the UK has increased by 19 per cent and is at its highest for over 26 years  yet the number of midwives available to care for mothers has increased by just 12 per cent, she explained. This renders the service at least 3,500 short of the number of midwives required to provide safe and high-quality care. 
Mrs Warwick explained that the historically high birth rate, increasing complexity of pregnancies and births and staff shortages meant that the safety of mothers and babies was too often being compromised and lives were being put at risk.
Last year it emerged that women were being forced to travel up to 99 miles in order to give birth after being turned away by overstretched maternity units.  Midwives have also spoken out against unsafe practices including the lack of supervision provided to mothers receiving epidurals. 
A recent survey reported that almost a quarter of mothers were left alone and frightened during labour because midwives do not have the time to provide one-to-one care.
The solicitors of Lanyon Bowdlers clinical negligence department have considerable experience in working with individuals and families facing the aftermath of all types of medical and clinical accidents. In particular our team has expertise in birth injury, cerebral palsy, obstetrics and maternal injury claims. 
Mothers and their families concerned about the standard of care provided to them are encouraged to contact the Clinical Negligence Department on 0800 9549936 for further assistance and advice. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nearly 3 million in damages were paid to children hurt in accidents and scrapes at school during 2008.  While there isnt a doubt that most of these claims were legitimate it makes me wonder how many of these claims werent.  At least it helps me understand why conkers are banned from schools, why when it is icy children are kept indoors and why some schools are even looking at canceling sports days, they cannot risk children falling over for the risk of being sued.  However this is really part and parcel of growing up.  One of the handouts was a payment of 35,000 given to a pupil in Derbyshire following a games lesson collision, these claims add up to almost 7,500 per day, and are up on the previous years total by 1 million.   Councils are also facing soaring bills for compensation from accidents happening in parks and playgrounds around the country.  This generation of children risk being wrapped in cotton wool, whats next?  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pensioners Coffee Morning Axed]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Conscientious health & safety officers have axed a pensioners coffee morning at a library in Eye, near Peterborough.  This coffee morning aimed at the over 50s has been held every Tuesday for the last four years with no incidents, however it has been axed due to safety fears as children from the local nursery also use the library.  Is this health & safety gone mad and what crazy restrictions are they going to apply next.  The words common and sense spring to mind!]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[Health & Safety]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Workplace Stress]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Workplace stress is increasing.  The soaring levels are being blamed on the recession and this is now increasing the risk  of accidents at work.  Employers need to take this seriously and put measures in place to try and take some of this stress away from their employees.Insurance company RSA published a stress map, showing which areas of the UK were suffering with the most stress.  Not surprisingly London was at the top of this map with the biggest problem, 9 out of 10 workers reported an increase in their stress levels.Millions of working days are lost due to stress related causes and workplace accident are more likely as a direct cause of rising stress levels so this should be taken seriously.Workers in the services sector and manufacturing were said to be under the greatest pressure, with those in construction the least affected.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 12:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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