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See how much you can claim for injury or medical negligenceCare Home fined £80,000 for choking death
A Hampshire care home has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £20,000 after an elderly resident choked to death while in their care. Winchester Crown Court was told how Margaret Humphreys had been admitted to Marlborough House in Fleet for respite...
Healthcare company fined £100,000 for death of resident
A residential care company based in Middlesex has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £50,000 after an elderly resident of one of their Surrey homes died from scalding injuries. Guildford Crown Court heard how the 89-year-old was receiving personal care...
Dental Negligence
There are very few of us who relish a trip to the dentist, but most of us accept it as a part of life. Sadly, for some it is not just the fear of the drill that worries us; what if the dentist makes a mistake, misses a diagnosis, or their equipment fails leaving you...
hospital Trust fined £180,000 for heat-mattress burns
An unconscious patient suffered debilitating and painful injuries when an errant saline bag caused a self-heating mattress to reach temperatures high enough to cause full thickness burns. It is believed the bag was accidentally left on a sensor that monitored the...
Safe Use of Bedrails
Bedrails, also referred to as side rails or cot sides, are widely used in the healthcare sector to reduce the risk of people falling out of their bed. They aren’t suitable for all cases, but used in the right way, with the right bed and the right person they can be...
NHS Trust fined after patient paralyses himself
The Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay a further £6,864 after a mentally unstable patient was paralysed after diving headfirst from a roof. The 26-year-old man who had a history of self-harm had been detained under...
Bedrail failures see BUPA fined £400,000
BUPA Care Homes (CFC Homes) Ltd has been fined £400,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £15,000 following serious failings in its bedrail management systems in one of its care homes. Carlisle Crown Court heard how Beacon Edge Specialist Nursing Home in Penrith,...
Sharps Injuries
‘Sharps’ are needles, blades and other medical instruments used for carrying out healthcare procedures that can cause injury by pricking or cutting the skin. Sharps injuries are a well-known health risk within the health and social care sector. Sharps can become...
Council fined £100,000 for Legionella death at care home
Reading Borough Council has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £20,000 after a pensioner died from pneumonia brought on by legionnaire’s disease picked up during his stay at one of their care homes. The HSE investigation heard how Lewis Payne, a...
Is it wrong to sue the NHS?
Britain’s National Health Service is, in some opinions, one of the country’s finest achievements; offering free-at-the-point-of-use healthcare, available to everyone, all the time, is an enviable asset for any country, even if it actually costs a lot more to run that...
Clinical Negligence
We’re very lucky to have the NHS in this country, and the huge numbers of devoted doctors and nurses who do all in their power to make sure any time spent in hospital is as painless as possible, however sometimes things go wrong. People do make mistakes, machines can...
Pressure Ulcers
Pressure Ulcers, also know as pressure sores or bedsores, are injuries that break down the skin and underlying tissue. They are generally caused when an area of skin is placed under pressure for a long or short period of time, and can range in severity from a patch of...
Laser Eye Surgery – how it works
One of the most amazing medical revolutions of the past few years has been the development of laser eye surgery. Thousands of people who formerly wore spectacles, glasses or contact lenses have been freed from these by the use of lasers to correct the issues with the...
Cosmetic Surgery Negligence Claims
Over the last few years we have seen a huge increase in the number of people opting to have cosmetic surgery procedures performed; whether the operations are to improve something people are not totally happy with, or to help correct an injury or other issue, the...
Bed Rail Safety
Bed rails, also referred to as side rails or cot sides are used throughout the care sector to reduce the risk of patients falling from their beds. While they are not suitable for everyone, they can be effective in keeping people safely in their beds, however they can...
Compensation for Errors with Anaesthetics
Every year thousands of operations are carried out in the UK and almost all are performed seamlessly; however sometimes this is not the case and situations may arise to the detriment of the patient. Anaesthetic during surgery is almost always crucial, as the operation...
Birth Injury Compensation
Giving birth to a child can be a truly wonderful occasion, and the feeling of becoming a new mother or father can be one of the most intensely marvellous feelings that one encounters in life. However if things go wrong during the birth, or the lead up to the birth,...
Private Medical Negligence
In cases of medical negligence, it makes no difference if the problem has occurred within the private sector or within the NHS itself; either can be held liable and sued for compensation. The phrase medical negligence often evokes thoughts of major, serious cases...
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The Surgeon with the God complex
In a high profile news story this week, a surgeon who allegedly carried out completely unnecessary operations has been convicted of intentionally wounding patients. Ian Paterson, 59, from Altrincham in Greater Manchester has been granted bail and is due to be...
7 Year fight for medical negligence compensation finally over for widower
The widower of a woman who died from a blood clot just 16 days after the birth of her daughter has won a medical negligence case and undisclosed compensation from the Leicester hospital where she died. Darren Taylor of Braunstone, near Leicester had to fight for seven...
77-Year-old woman dies after choking on doughnut in hospital
A 77-year-old lady from Leicester died after choking on a doughnut that she was given while staying in hospital. The lady had been admitted to the Evington Centre’s Mental Health ward at Leicester General hospital, run by the Leicestershire Partnership Trust, in June...