10 Years of Major Trauma in Wessex
Past, Present and Future
Sponsor Information
“When Dr Homer Stryker, an orthopaedic surgeon from Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA found that certain medical products were not meeting his patients’ needs, he invented new ones. As interest in these products grew, Dr Stryker started a company in 1941 to produce them.
Today, Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. Our growth is based on a diverse array of innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes, which we achieve through the dedication of our more than 43,000 employees globally.
Our extensive trauma portfolio includes, innovative IM Nailing systems, Intelligent locking plates with perfect anatomical fit, and cutting edge external fixation systems to name a few. We are well-positioned to continue serving the worldwide medical community for generations to come. We think Dr Stryker would be pleased.”
Personal Legal Services
Everyone needs a lawyer at some time in their lives. When the times comes that your clients need legal support, you’ll want to be sure that they are dealing with real experts who will work quickly and efficiently to help your clients and their families. So whether they need help writing a Will, have been in an accident, suffered an injury or illness that wasn’t their fault, or looking at divorce options, we can offer clear guidance to get the right result for your clients and their families.
Our reputation for helping clients and their families with a wide range of personal legal issues is second to none. Our highly specialised team combines powerful legal knowledge and experience with care and consideration to ensure that clients receive the best possible support and guidance not only with the immediate matter in hand, but for life.
Expert Team Approach – we believe in putting our clients at the centre of everything we do. By building a relationship based on openness, trust and honesty, we are better placed to provide the expert advice clients need. As specialists for many years, we are able to attract, train and develop the country’s most dynamic, exciting and effective lawyers. By arranging the best professional expertise into specialist teams and encouraging a culture of care, we always take the emotional aspect of our clients situation into account whilst using the law to help protect everyone.
A holistic and caring approach – our clients range from babies to people who are in their 90s and the specialist teams at Irwin Mitchell supports everyone to make the right decisions and to protect their interests in a holistic and caring way that meets their individual needs
A tailored service – because every client we deal with is unique and every client has different needs. Due to our specialist teams and approach we can tailor and provide a unique and bespoke service which is completely centred on clients’ needs. Our unique approach provides the assurance that the clients’ situation is understood. Any advice is based on the facts, and committed to making a positive difference to clients and their families.
A range of funding solutions – Irwin Mitchell is unique in its capability to offer a range of funding options for clients who require personal legal advice. We will advise clients clearly and impartially on the best options to fund their legal matter.
Irwin Mitchell are one of the largest providers of volume private client services and it’s Private Wealth capability delivers a range of services to support people with complex legal needs both nationally and internationally.
Renovo Care provides interdisciplinary care and support to adults who have an acquired brain injury, neurological condition or progressive neurological disorder. Covering the south of England, Renovo Care has two independent hospitals and two specialist care home services.
Our hospitals – Hollanden Park in Kent and South Newton in Wiltshire – offer acute and extended neuro rehabilitation pathways. Hollanden Park also accepts individuals with longer term complex care needs and those requiring neurobehavioural support.
Our care homes – Victoria House in Farnborough and Swanborough House in Brighton – offer slow stream rehabilitation and continuing care pathways. Both services offer a mix of accommodation including semi independent apartments where individuals can increase their independence with staff support.
Stewarts provide a free and comprehensive legal advice service to individuals who have suffered life changing injury or illness.
As part of our commitment to those who have suffered serious injury or illness, we provide extensive pro bono (free of charge) support through The Legal Service. We developed The Legal Service to support patients and their families at a time when independent support is most needed but often hard to find. The Legal Service was established in 2004 and now operates in 10 NHS Trusts in England including in the Major Trauma Centre, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
Patients and their families often experience legal and practical difficulties following acute hospitalisation. Early identification and management of these issues helps to relieve their anxieties. Many patients are admitted unexpectedly and have made little, if any, arrangements regarding their ongoing day-to-day commitments. We assist patients and their families with a range of legal issues which arise including (but not limited to) issues relating to finances, employment, welfare benefits, housing, care, powers of attorney and deputyship. The advice is free of charge and provided regardless of whether the patient has a personal injury claim and regardless of whether we are instructed in relation to a claim. In the event that the patient has a potential claim for compensation, we will be happy to discuss this and provide initial legal advice. However, as part of an ethical service, we always provide the patient/family with a list of solicitors and advise them to carry out thorough research before selecting their legal representative. We do not accept instructions to act for patients during our first contact so that they have the opportunity to consider their options and make the choice that is right for them. Stewarts specialise in acting for those who have sustained life-changing injuries. To find out more about our litigation service, please click here.
We are a global healthcare company dedicated to providing a suite of innovative medical products and solutions for customers, to help them improve patient care and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our technology addresses important medical markets: blood and plasma component collection, the surgical suite and hospital transfusion services.
Last year we celebrated 50 years of healthcare innovation. In 1971, Jack Latham founded Haemonetics with a vision to improve the safety and quality of the world’s blood supply. Over the last 5 decades, we have continued his legacy of innovation and passion for what is possible. Today Haemonetics remains focused on investing in technology & solutions to advance the science of patient blood management.
For hospitals, we provide a range of solutions aimed at helping clinicians provide the highest standard of patient care, while reducing operating and procedural costs and helping decision makers in hospitals optimise blood acquisition, storage and usage in critical settings
