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Trust In Clear LawGPs claim medical negligence lawsuits are bringing service to its knees
The increasing costs of medical negligence lawsuits are having direct and devastating consequences on Britain’s General Practitioner service, according to a new survey. The government says that it needs to recruit 5,000 new GPs by 2020 to cope with demand of the...
Maternity blunders push NHS negligence payouts to £1billion
Last year the National Health Service paid out more than £1billion in damages for medical negligence. This was a record high amount and was in part fuelled by blunders during childbirth that have soared in recent years. Patient groups said that the figures illustrate...
Mother sues hospital after baby son left disabled
The mother of a child who was left severely disabled after developing a critical illness just hours after his birth is taking legal action against the Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS Trust. Reverend Charlotte Cheshire’s son Adam was born at the Royal Shrewsbury...
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...
How to complain if you are unhappy about surgery or procedure
Everyone has the right to decent healthcare; the National Health Service’s own constitution provides assurance that anyone who is not content with the standard of care that they have received has the right to complain, the right to have that complaint investigated...
£2.25 Million settlement for newborn brain damage
When Baby Thomas was born 10 weeks early, there was naturally concern about his well being, but in accordance with responsible practice he was put into an incubator and transferred to the specialist baby care unit of Greenwich hospital. Tragically, he later developed...
£75,000 Payout for delayed diagnosis
When a 35 year-old woman attended the Accident and Emergency department at Kings College hospital suffering from acute abdominal pain, she was unconvinced when she was sent home with a diagnosis of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). The severe pain continued and she...
Products to help alleviate pressure sores
Pressure sores (also referred to as pressure ulcers or bedsores) are most likely to occur in patients who have a reduced capacity for movement such as the terminally ill, the elderly, and those who have to spend long periods of time without movement. While the...
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GPs claim medical negligence lawsuits are bringing service to its knees
The increasing costs of medical negligence lawsuits are having direct and devastating consequences on Britain’s General Practitioner service, according to a new survey. The government says that it needs to recruit 5,000 new GPs by 2020 to cope with demand of the...
Maternity blunders push NHS negligence payouts to £1billion
Last year the National Health Service paid out more than £1billion in damages for medical negligence. This was a record high amount and was in part fuelled by blunders during childbirth that have soared in recent years. Patient groups said that the figures illustrate...
Mother sues hospital after baby son left disabled
The mother of a child who was left severely disabled after developing a critical illness just hours after his birth is taking legal action against the Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS Trust. Reverend Charlotte Cheshire’s son Adam was born at the Royal Shrewsbury...