Medical Negligence
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Ashtons Legal’s Head of Medical Negligence and Partner, Sharon Allison, recently attended the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers (SCIL) conference in Birmingham, the first event in her capacity as Vice...
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After a gruelling four-day trial in the Royal Courts of Justice, Mr Justice Ritchie has found that, on the balance of probabilities, the stroke that Mrs P suffered in September...
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As a current hot topic headlining the media and social media, the subject can make for some pretty grim reading. From the ‘banter’ women endure about the physical symptoms they...
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Although long ambulance waiting times are nothing new, the BBC has recently reported that there has been “a 77% rise in the most serious safety incidents logged by paramedics in...
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May is Stroke Awareness Month. Supported by The Stroke Association, this is an opportunity to highlight the serious nature and high rates of stroke in the UK, to raise awareness...
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Recent data released by the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities has revealed vast inequalities in the rate of amputations caused by diabetic foot disease across England. Over 3.5 million...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, successfully represented Mr T in his claim against his local hospital relating to a leg injury. Mr T suffered a knee...
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The Health and Social Care Committee has stated that there has been a delay in the early diagnosis of cancer cases as a result of the pandemic. Usually, just over...
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Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist Partner at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £250,000 settlement for Ms T, a woman in her 20s, who suffered serious complications from negligent surgery...
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April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, supported by Bowel Cancer UK as an opportunity to raise the profile of bowel cancer and the work that the charity does to support...
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Medical negligence specialist Ben Ward from Ashtons Legal has settled the claim of Mrs B as a consequence of the death of her husband, Mr B. Mr B had undergone...
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The Ockenden Report’s findings released today are truly dreadful. The report commissioned in 2017 investigated incidents of baby deaths, maternal deaths and avoidable harm to mothers and babies between 2000...
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