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Villa programmes cater to disabilities
Aston Villa Foundation is running a series of footballing programmes for people with various disabilities. The world famous club has
already kicked off its blind football programme, which will take place at Villa Park’s academy building every Sunday, starting at 1pm. This is to be followed by
three other programmes – cerebral palsy, visually impaired and girls’ pan-disability, which covers girls who have a range of disabilities. The four programmes have
been made possible thanks to a £6,000 ‘Grow the Game’ grant from the Football Association and the Football Foundation. Villa’s disability programmes
manager, Debbi Rawson, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to be expanding our provision and offering new opportunities to people in our local community.”
A clinical negligence expert from law firm Clarke Willmott is supporting calls for a rigorous investigation into worrying statistics about unexpected deaths in hospitals across the Black Country. Marguarita Tyne, from Clarke
Willmott, has been reviewing the emerging evidence in reports issued in the last few days. Figures from NHS Digital suggest
that more than 1,000 patients died than were expected across the Black Country and Staffordshire, and The Royal Wolverhampton Trust had the worst rate in England. That trust, which is responsible
for New Cross Hospital, had 2,654 actual deaths compared to 2,179 predicted deaths – a difference of 22 per cent. Other local trusts also
demonstrated concerning figures for higher than expected deaths – Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust at 10
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Call for investigation into unexpected hospital deaths
centre, reducing the patient numbers admitted, but treating some of the sickest patients with the most complex health needs. Marguarita Tyne, who is acting
on behalf of a number of clients who allege they have been the victims of medical negligence in hospitals across the Midlands, said: “The fact that unexpected deaths in some Midlands hospitals are so high is a real cause for concern and I welcome a full and robust investigation. “However, there must be no rush
Marguarita Tyne: Call for action on unexpected deaths
per cent higher and Dudley Group NHS Trust at four per cent higher. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS
Trust have confirmed they have carried out both internal and external reviews and they note they opened a new emergency care
Expansion for the Trowers team
Trowers’ commercial and property litigation teams in Birmingham have doubled in size in less than two years with two senior associate recruits. Jamie De Souza joins from Higgs
& Sons and Nicola Gee from Clyde and Co. Jamie is experienced in advising
clients on commercial disputes and Nicola brings with her an extensive track record in dealing with high profile property litigation matters nationally and internationally. In two years, the Birmingham
litigation practice has more than doubled to encompass more than 20 lawyers. The success in the Birmingham
office has also continued with the promotion of commercial property expert Simon Robinson. Simon has over 10 years’
experience advising on commercial property and development projects for public and private sector clients,
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to judgement. There may be many reasons for the high unexpected deaths, so what we need is a careful investigation to investigate any problems with the health care provided, and this must be done in a way that the families of those with concerns feel included and receive the answers they so badly need.”
Hospice welcomes East End chief
Jason Wouhra, director and company secretary at East End Foods, has been appointed a patron of Acorns Children’s Hospice. He takes the role at Acorns as
the charity this year marks its 30th anniversary of providing vital care for life limited and life threatened children and support for their families across the West Midlands. Toby Porter, chief executive of
Thriving: Jamie De Souza, Nicola Gee and Simon Robinson
including large scale residential developments, community extensions and urban regeneration projects. Amardeep Gill, partner and head
of the Birmingham office, said: “I would like to congratulate Simon on his well-deserved promotion and welcome our new senior associates to our team.
“It’s an exciting time in Birmingham right now and we are proud to be involved in its thriving business community. “Our growth is a reflection of the
hard work and I’d like to thank everybody for their continued efforts to develop our expanding business across the region.”
Acorns, said: “We are absolutely thrilled that Jason has agreed to become an Acorns Patron. “Jason is recognised and
respected across our region not just for his business skills, but also as an extremely important advocate for many of the things that we value most deeply at Acorns – the highest standards in health care, compassion, inclusion, and strategic partnerships between business, statutory providers such as the NHS, and charities.”
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