Neil Fearn

CEO at @Pryers. Member of AVMA referral panel. Passionate about clinical negligence and cerebral palsy cases. Views are my own.

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

At Pryers Solicitors, we want to be a campaigning voice for those affected by medical negligence. Our priortity is patient safety. If you think you have a claim, please contact us at https://t.co/8QTvgSXvmL

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

DNR's should only ever be part of individual care plan decision, the concept of them taking a blanket approach is inconceivable.

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

The Department for Health and Social Care have asked the Care Quality Commission to investigate the use of do not resuscitate orders during the pandemic.

https://t.co/vYlUK8sUg7

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

Delighted for the team to be recognised in this way, we cannot wait for the award ceremony in December.

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

We are very pleased to announce that Pryers have been shortlisted for a Yorkshire Legal Award – Niche Law Firm of the Year.

The whole team is thrilled to have been shortlisted and are now very much looking forward to the ceremony.

@Yorkshire_Legal #YLAwards

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

Such a shame to see what the family were put through to get an admission that their son's death was potentially avoidable.

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

It shouldn’t have needed a review of a review for North Bristol NHS Trust to concede that the death of Oliver McGowan was “potentially avoidable”.

Openness, transparency and honesty are the keys to learning and making up to victims’ families.

@AvMAuk

https://t.co/ocfUqeT1ZS

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

There's no excuse for a hit and run. I'm pleased we managed to help Jamie get back on track after being knocked off his bike.

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

We helped our client Jamie, who was knocked of his bike following a hit and run accident.

https://t.co/GVg5GupyXp

#SuccessStory #PersonalInjury

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

Quite remarkable that this is the first ever duty of candour prosecution.

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

The University Hospitals Plymouth Trust pleaded guilty in a landmark duty of candour prosecution, this week.

https://t.co/ZtuS7vCF1S

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

The nursing community have proved their worth this year. Our NHS cannot afford to lose anymore nurses, so we must protect them by giving them fair pay and reasonable working patterns. #fairpayfornursing

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

Last month we talked about a third of nurses considering leaving the profession. The Independent has recently reported that MP's are warning of an "emerging crisis in nursing", with many "struggling with gruelling shifts, staff shortages and poor pay"

https://t.co/Gjr1DEEd1b

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

A doctor has apologised to the family of a woman after he admitted making a mistake leading to her death.

https://t.co/t5yML6R1en

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

Urgent action has been called upon by @theRCN to address nursing staff shortages, with the focus to give them fair pay and fair hours to work safely.

#FairPayforNursing #SafeStaffingSavesLives #WorldPatientSafetyDay

https://t.co/BQWs3KORNO

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

Do you know what the Dutch Reach is?

See how you can help keep cyclists safe by just getting out your car.
https://t.co/ycMQWorqBM

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

This year #WorldPatientSafetyDay seems more important than ever, our healthcare system has been under increased pressure, so we have to ensure the health and well-being of it's staff to allow them to deliver excellent and safe care.

[Peter Walsh MBE @PeterWalshAvMA]

Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay The safety and well being of staff is an integral part of patient safety. We need a #JustCulture which supports staff but also keeps patients and families at the centre of patient safety and protects their rights. #JustCulture has to apply to both

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

It is too easy for people to point to solicitors for the ever increasing cost of negligence in the NHS, but do not forget these paitients have been let down by the care they received.

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

“A total of 3,081 people made a claim – and behind each figure is a person who was not provided with the level of care and support they were entitled to.”

https://t.co/Olqfl8tstY

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

“Slow, inconsistent, and at times negligent”

How the Public Accounts Committee described the Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

They highlighted 6 key areas of failure.

https://t.co/9Ps6uX9B7d

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

Lisa Swales is a Partner at Pryers with a noteworthy experience in birth injuries and wrongful death as described in @ChambersGuides

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

So shocking to see the scale of the issues at this hospital. Our thoughts are with the thousands of families affected.

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

A review that initially set out to investigate 23 cases, is now investigating a total of 1,862 incidents - most of them since the year 2000.

https://t.co/N2reRASJMT

[Peter Walsh MBE @PeterWalshAvMA]

The Times (pay wall): https://t.co/leZSKXSvI8

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

Our IT manager, Jonny Gill runs very long distances through the Yorkshire countryside. His entry to our photography competition is a panoramic view of that beautiful countryside.

You can vote for it to win our competition on Facebook:
https://t.co/A3kbfobvhl

[Neil Fearn @NFearn1]

Congratulations, an amazing effort to successfully complete your training contacts during lockdown @HannahPryersllp and @LCates_. Delighted to have two new solicitors on the team.

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

Massive congratulations to @HannahPryersllp and @LCates_ who have both completed their training contracts, at Pryers, and qualified as solicitors.

https://t.co/PSwO9gs4YA

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

Sheila Marsh has made the most in living in rural Yorkshire during lockdown. Even when the weather took a turn for the worse.

If you think Sheila's entry to our photography competition deserves to win, you can vote on Facebook:
https://t.co/A3kbfobvhl

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

Amy Crundwell got her entry into our photography competition whilst simultaneously keeping her kids busy & picking tea. Multitasking at it's finest.

If you think the photo deserves to win, give it a like on Facebook: https://t.co/A3kbfobvhl

[Switalskis Solicitors (inc. Pryers Solicitors) @Pryers]

Months after a spinal medical device was recalled, the MHRA have today issued an alert on the device that was used to correct deformities and repair degenerative diseases in the spine.
https://t.co/eIfOkwCblB