NHS England have a list of ‘never events’. This is a list to help providers ensure they give patients ‘safe, high quality, compassionate care within local health systems that are financially sustainable’. The ‘never...
This medical term glossary provides explanations in plain English of a number of technical terms you may encounter in the process of pursuing a clinical negligence claim.
Radial - Near the radius.
Radius - The outer bone of the forearm.
Raynaud's disease - Blood vessel in fingers go into spasm on exposure to cold for no apparent reason.
Raynaud's phenomenon - Similar to Raynaud’s disease but with an identified cause.
Recurvatum - Abnormal overextension of knee or elbow.
Reduction - Readjusting to normal position.
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy - Pain associated with disturbances of blood flow and wasting of skin and muscle, which may follow trauma, inflammatory or arthritic conditions.
Renal - Of or relating to the kidney.
Resection - Any surgery removing part of the body.
Respiratory capacity - Lung capacity.
Retrograde amnesia - Memory loss applying to memories from before a traumatic incident.
Rheumatoid arthritis - Inflammatory joint disease causing disfiguration.
Right homonymous hemianopia - Loss of right side of vision.
Rigor mortis - Stiffening of muscles after death.
Romberg's sign - Balance test.
Rotation - Movement around the long axis of the hip, shoulder, or spine.
Rotator - Muscles that rotate a joint.
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