by Clear Law | Mar 14, 2017 | Factsheets & Guides, Hospital Negligence
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...
by Clear Law | Mar 7, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, No Fee Medical
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...
by Clear Law | Feb 28, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, No Fee Medical
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...
by Clear Law | Feb 7, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, No Fee Medical
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...
by Clear Law | Jan 24, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, News
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...
by Clear Law | Jan 17, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, News, No Fee Medical
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...
