by Clear Law | Apr 24, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A baby who died from meningitis was given “wholly inappropriate” care at Epsom hospital, an inquest has heard. Seven-month-old Oliver Hull died at London’s Evelina Children’s hospital in May last year, three days after he started showing symptoms diagnosed by a...
by Clear Law | Apr 22, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Clear Law is backing calls by charity Beating Bowel Cancer for earlier diagnosis of bowel cancer across England. Thousands of people are dying from the disease because their symptoms aren’t being spotted early enough, the charity said and there are wide-ranging...
by Clear Law | Apr 22, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Hundreds of children are dying needlessly at birth or suffering severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy due to the NHS not following clinical guidelines correctly, claims research by Twins and Multiple Births charity (TAMBA). Guidelines introduced in 2011 by the...
by Clear Law | Apr 22, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
The family of a six-year-old boy left paralysed after he suffered brain damage at birth have today (21st April) been awarded £1.5million damages from an NHS trust. The Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust agreed to pay the damages at London’s High Court, but...
by Clear Law | Apr 20, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
A young man left brain damaged as a baby following errors by doctors won a 23-year battle for £7.3million in compensation this week (14th April). The 25-year-old man, who can’t be named for legal reasons, now relies on round-the-clock care. Born in September 1989 at...
by Clear Law | Apr 20, 2015 | News, No Fee Medical
Two siblings who suffered brain damage during their birth have been received multimillion-pound compensation in “unprecedented” medical negligence cases. 23-year-old Natasha Jackson has received £7million after mistakes at Preston’s Sharoe Green hospital,...
