by Clear Law | Jul 26, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, News
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...
by Clear Law | Jul 26, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, News
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...
by Clear Law | May 3, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, News
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...
by Clear Law | Apr 25, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, News
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...
by Clear Law | Mar 21, 2017 | Hospital Negligence, News
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...
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...
