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Trust In Clear Law£675,000 pay-out for brain injury misdiagnosis
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...
hospital Trust fined £500,000 after 4 patient deaths
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...
Care home provider and support worker fined after severe scalding incident
A national care home provider along with one of its employees have been prosecuted after a young woman who resided in one of their homes was left with full thickness burns to 40% of her body after she was immersed into a scalding bath. Nicola Jones, a resident of the...
Care home owner fined after death of resident
A healthcare firm and its managing director have between them been fined over £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £136,000 after the death of one of the residents in its care. Luton Crown Court heard how May Ward, a 100 year-old resident died as a result of injuries...
NHS Trust fined £200,000 for patient’s death fall
The Royal United hospital (Bath) NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £200,000 after a patient fell to his death from the window in his room. Bristol Crown Court heard how an in-patient on the hospital’s Haygarth Ward had become confused during his stay at the facility...
hospital Negligence led to dementia patient’s death
An NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £366,000 after a patient was found dead on one of its specialist dementia wards. Mrs Joan Darnell, a 78 year-old lady from Norfolk who suffered from dementia had been admitted to the Julian hospital at the end of September 2014,...
Council fined £25,000 after vulnerable man choked to death
Shropshire Council has been fined £25,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £40,000 after a vulnerable man choked to death while in the care of one of the Council’s day centres. Shrewsbury Crown Court heard how Michael Breeze, aged 53, who suffered from learning...
NHS Trust fined £1.1 million, plus £240,000 per year for medical negligence
The Gloucester hospitals NHS Trust has been fined £1.1 million along with an annual, inflation-linked payment of £240,000 after a woman patient was left with devastating brain injuries as a result of medical negligence. The High Court in London heard how the woman –...
Care Home fined £80,000 for choking death
A Hampshire care home has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £20,000 after an elderly resident choked to death while in their care. Winchester Crown Court was told how Margaret Humphreys had been admitted to Marlborough House in Fleet for respite...
Healthcare company fined £100,000 for death of resident
A residential care company based in Middlesex has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £50,000 after an elderly resident of one of their Surrey homes died from scalding injuries. Guildford Crown Court heard how the 89-year-old was receiving personal care...
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The Surgeon with the God complex
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...
7 Year fight for medical negligence compensation finally over for widower
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...
77-Year-old woman dies after choking on doughnut in hospital
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...