APIL Clinical Negligence Conference 2021
It was great to be back at Celtic Manor exhibiting at the APIL Clinical Negligence Conference last week. We spent a lot of time considering whether this would be worthwhile, given some of the ongoing restrictions due to Covid. However, we were very glad that we did...
CAFTFest2021
For a number of years MRC have supported The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust (CAFT). This charity set in the heart of the Cheshire countryside is the perfect place for terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children of all abilities to play, laugh and simply enjoy...
Welcome aboard!
As well as the huge transformations to everyone’s lives over the last 12 months, MRC has had their own changes going on. As you already know Lahra moved on in October last year, and we welcomed Rhys as Head of Operations. He has settled in extremely well and is...
Easter at CAFT
The Children's Adventure Farm Trust (CAFT) is a local charity for terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children in the North West. For obvious reasons, this year has been more difficult than most, but throughout the Easter holidays they are managing to offer...
A sad goodbye to Sheila and Howell
MRC have recently said goodbye to two hugely valued members of our team… Sheila joined me over 10 years ago, and was the first person to come aboard the MRC journey. We were then both working out of my back bedroom, until we reached a point where we could barely move...
Happy Christmas
In order that our staff enjoy a well-earned break with their families, we will be closing at 2pm on Christmas Eve until 9am on the 4th January 2021. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our friends a very happy Christmas, and to also thank them for their...
Some early Christmas joy!
MRC are delighted to once again be supporting the wonderful CAFT. The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust (CAFT) is set in the heart of the Cheshire countryside. It is a 17th century Farmhouse surrounded by 10 acres of land, and is the perfect place for deserving children...
From surviving to thriving
Yesterday I had the pleasure of 'attending' the SafetyCulture Summit 2020. This was a virtual event for leaders and innovators in operations, safety, risk, and quality. It had an impressive line-up of speakers, each of them with unique perspectives and all of them...
MRC welcomes a new Head of Operations
Lahra Tyndall, our current Head of Operations, will be leaving MRC at the end of this week. Lahra has helped MRC through a lot of changes in her more than three years with us – a near doubling of our staff, new premises, and a new case management system to name but a...
MRC and COVID-19
We hope that you and your families remain well, and that you - like us - are gradually and safely returning to some degree of normality. Whilst most members of our team are currently subject to the local restrictions imposed in Greater Manchester on Friday night, we...
MRC and COVID-19
Please be assured that we are open and fully available to work on both your existing cases and any new instructions. Medical Record Collation remain firmly committed to delivering our services to the highest possible standard, without putting the health and wellbeing...
MRC and COVID-19
Medical Record Collation are firmly committed to delivering our services to the highest possible standard, without putting the health and wellbeing of our colleagues, clients or suppliers at risk. At this time of ongoing uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic, we...
100 years of Women in Law
Last night I was lucky enough to attend an event to mark 100 years of Women in Law. Gunnercooke welcomed lawyers from around Manchester to their King Street offices for an evening of celebration. In their words, “Happily, in the years that have passed since female...
Who wants to be a millionaire…?
There has been a lot of excitement in the office this week as Howell, one of our drivers, explains: "On Sunday night I was knowledgeable enough to win £250,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or WWTBAM which I now realise is the acronym for the show). I say...
Dawn Walk
As some of you will have read, the team at MRC got up extra early last Tuesday morning to raise money for a very worthwhile cause. We completed a dawn walk for Maytree Respite Centre - a safe house for people in suicidal crisis. The charity currently has a house in...
SCIL Conference 2019
It’s always important to try to lift your gaze from the day-to-day, and keep an eye on the bigger picture. In our line of work, this can mean trying to put aside the ever-important minutiae of individual cases to focus on why we do what we do, and what our clients...
Experts and Lawyers Working Better Together
Last night I attended the conference “Experts and Lawyers – Working Better Together” run jointly by AvMA and Irwin Mitchell in Leeds. A big thank you to the organisers and speakers. It was a very informative and interesting evening focusing on the importance of...
Patient Safety Learning Conference 2018
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural Patient Safety Learning Conference at The King’s Fund in London. Patient Safety Learning is an organisation borne a year ago, out of the frustration of seeing the same themes emerge time and again in healthcare...