Medical Negligence
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Last month there were record-long delays in A&E departments around England, new data has revealed. One in five patients requiring emergency care had to wait over the target four hours...
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Four hospitals under the Hywel Dda University Health Board have cancelled operations after a weekend of ‘critical pressures’, that have arisen, as described by Dr Philip Kloer, the health board’s...
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There were multiple opportunities to save six-month-old Harris James. He was mistakenly treated for pneumonia, when in fact he had a heart condition. The Trust had apologised to the family...
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Nigel Parsley, a Suffolk coroner, has expressed the need for action to be taken against online health providers that dispense medication in order to prevent further deaths from occurring. Debbie...
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In July, the critical care unit at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, was given the lowest possible rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the health watchdog. Inspectors found the...
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It has been revealed that patients in need of a service called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies – NHS England’s talking therapy service – are being left on waiting lists...
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Members of the New Hospital Campaign (NHC) have successfully raised £20,000 which has enabled them to take Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to a judicial review. The NHC is...
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Two patients became seriously ill and one patient died after receiving organs that had been contaminated with a fungal infection after the surgeon failed to disclose that when he was...
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Tom Cook, a consultant solicitor within the medical negligence team at Ashtons Legal, has obtained in excess of £1 million for a man who suffered a stroke that left him...
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Oliver Hall, six, of Halesworth, Suffolk, died from meningitis in October 2017 after ambulance control room staff failed to inform paramedics of crucial information which could have saved his life....
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Julie Crossley, an associate legal executive at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £150,000 for a man who underwent numerous optical procedures over a five year period that left him with permanent...
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Making a medical negligence claim may seem a daunting task to those with little or no knowledge of how the law in this area works. Seeking help from a specialist...
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