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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...
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...
£675,000 pay-out for brain injury misdiagnosis
A man who was repeatedly sent home by doctors while suffering from a brain injury has been awarded a massive £675,000 in compensation. Alex Rea from Shefford was sent home on eight separate occasions after visiting his doctor’s surgery complaining of headaches and...
hospital Trust fined £500,000 after 4 patient deaths
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £35,000 after the deaths of 4 patients were found to be a result of careless and unnecessary failings. The Health and Safety Executive investigated the deaths of 4 patients...
Care home provider and support worker fined after severe scalding incident
A national care home provider along with one of its employees have been prosecuted after a young woman who resided in one of their homes was left with full thickness burns to 40% of her body after she was immersed into a scalding bath. Nicola Jones, a resident of the...
Care home owner fined after death of resident
A healthcare firm and its managing director have between them been fined over £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £136,000 after the death of one of the residents in its care. Luton Crown Court heard how May Ward, a 100 year-old resident died as a result of injuries...
NHS Trust fined £200,000 for patient’s death fall
The Royal United hospital (Bath) NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £200,000 after a patient fell to his death from the window in his room. Bristol Crown Court heard how an in-patient on the hospital’s Haygarth Ward had become confused during his stay at the facility...
hospital Negligence led to dementia patient’s death
An NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £366,000 after a patient was found dead on one of its specialist dementia wards. Mrs Joan Darnell, a 78 year-old lady from Norfolk who suffered from dementia had been admitted to the Julian hospital at the end of September 2014,...
Council fined £25,000 after vulnerable man choked to death
Shropshire Council has been fined £25,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £40,000 after a vulnerable man choked to death while in the care of one of the Council’s day centres. Shrewsbury Crown Court heard how Michael Breeze, aged 53, who suffered from learning...
NHS Trust fined £1.1 million, plus £240,000 per year for medical negligence
The Gloucester hospitals NHS Trust has been fined £1.1 million along with an annual, inflation-linked payment of £240,000 after a woman patient was left with devastating brain injuries as a result of medical negligence. The High Court in London heard how the woman –...
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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...