The UK Government has recently published details of new measures to improve the safety of maternity care in the NHS in England, which include maternity safety funding and publishing maternity ratings.

An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has recently given her opinion in an interesting case concerning liability to patients for faulty medical devices.

More than 6,000 patients needed treatment as a result of mistakes by medical staff in NHS hospitals in England, the Daily Mail has reported. This is a sharp rise over the 2,193 patients recorded ten years ago.