Medical Negligence
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An inquest will be held on Monday (20 February ) into the death of a Bury St Edmunds man who took his own life whilst in a hospital’s mental health...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons, has obtained a £50,000 settlement for Mr H, after he was left bedbound and incontinent following an operation that he needn’t have...
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Every 24 hours the NHS sees 1 million patients; it has 1.7 million staff and is the fifth largest employer in the world. As a result it absorbs eye-watering amounts...
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Julie Crossley, a member of the Ashtons’ medical negligence team, has obtained a £13,000 settlement for the family of an elderly lady who had suffered an unwitnessed fall while in...
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New research has been undertaken to identify whether or not breath tests can be performed in order to detect cancer of the stomach and oesophagus. A sample of 300 patients...
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The issue of unpaid medical bills arising from the treatment of overseas patients has featured in the news recently as the Government attempts to recoup cash wherever it can given...
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An inquest takes place on Thursday (5 January) into the death of a Cambridge woman, Mrs Joan Hawes, following an emergency visit to a hospital accident and emergency department. The...
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The doctors’ regulator has said there was “a state of unease within the medical profession across the UK that risks affecting patients as well as doctors”. Conservative MP Dr Dan...
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Pay-outs to maternity patients in East Anglia as a result of bad care has doubled in the last ten years – as the government proposes a new compensation scheme to...
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An Ipswich family claims a hospital ‘abandoned’ their daughter after she was given electric shock treatment following cardiac arrest, and that the investigation into her subsequent brain injury ‘failed at...
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I have written before about the serious shortcomings in the provision for mental illness, particularly locally. But I make no apology for returning to it again. In particular, I want...
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Sharon Allison has been campaigning for improvements in mental health care, particularly in East Anglia, for several years and is working closely with families whose tragic stories about failure in...
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