by Clear Law | Jun 20, 2016 | Hospital Negligence, No Fee Medical
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...
by Clear Law | Jun 13, 2016 | Hospital Negligence, No Fee Medical
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...
by Clear Law | Jun 6, 2016 | Hospital Negligence
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...
by Clear Law | May 31, 2016 | Hospital Negligence, No Fee Medical
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,...
by Clear Law | May 23, 2016 | Hospital Negligence, No Fee Medical
‘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...
by Clear Law | May 17, 2016 | Hospital Negligence, News
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...
