by Clear Law | May 8, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Colchester hospital University Trust has been revealed as having the largest number of serious safety breaches in the last year in England. Nine so-called “never events” took place at the hospital trust – up from one in 2013-14. “Never events” are so called because...
by Clear Law | May 7, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A father-of-four, who faces life in a wheelchair after doctors failed to treat a back injury with sufficient urgency, can look forward to a better future after securing a seven-figure settlement of his compensation claim against the NHS. After the gentleman suffered a...
by Clear Law | May 1, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
The country’s leading medical journal, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) this week (29th April) warned that the NHS is ‘stretched close to breaking point’ with public safety at risk. In an open letter, the BMJ editor-in-chief, Dr Fiona Godlee, and staff described the...
by Clear Law | May 1, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A four-year-old boy died after doctors failed to diagnosis him with meningitis; instead treating him for tonsillitis, the little boy’s mother has claimed. Danny Pearce had been taken to South East London’s Lewisham hospital when he began vomiting and not being able to...
by Clear Law | May 1, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A woman who was wrongly told that she was suffering with breast cancer after doctors mixed up her medical notes with those of another patient has been speaking out about her ordeal. 39-year-old Elizabeth Davies underwent extensive surgery after having a right breast...
by Clear Law | May 1, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
In the first study of its kind, researchers have discovered that patients who are receiving care from out-of-hours commercial providers are reporting poorer ratings compared with NHS providers or not-for-profit organisations. Researchers from the University of Exeter...
