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Child wins seven figure compensation settlement after meningitis blunder
Severe brain damage caused to a six-year-old girl from Wrexham could have been prevented if doctors had realised the child had meningitis, the BBC has reported.
Kate Pierce was nine-months-old when doctors wrongly diagnosed an infection as tonsillitis, when in fact she was suffering...
Doctors overpaid millions for patients that don’t exist
At a time when the government is pushing through cuts to the legal aid system that would mean medical negligence victims are no longer eligible, it was shocking to read that GPs have been overpaid hundreds of millions of pounds ( Telegraph ).
It has been reported this morning that...
Woman brain damaged by negligence highlights need for legal aid to remain
Nottingham City Hospital has agreed to pay a 24-year-old Nottingham woman a six figure compensation pay-out, after she was left with cerebral palsy due to alleged medical blunders made when she was a baby ( BBC ).The woman suffered catastrophic brain damage and will have severe learning...
Mother's legal battle over child’s birth injuries
The story of a mother who is bringing a medical negligence case against the NHS, after her baby daughter suffered brain damage at her birth, caught my attention today.
The case was reported by the Daily Mail and the Metro , but their focus was not on the devastating cerebral palsy her...
A BASIC lesson in brain and spinal injuries
The vast number of people suffering from brain and spinal injuries was brought home to me today after a visit to one of the charities that the JMW Clinical Negligence department has supported. BASIC (Brain and Spinal Injury Centre) offers rehabilitation support services and has...
Raising awareness of birth injuries: JMW case makes headlines
This week, a long-running and complex case of mine made headlines on BBC online , and in the Manchester Evening News and the Bury Times .
Adam Spinks, now 25, was awarded £3.35 million in compensation, after he was starved of oxygen for a time at his birth. The money will enable...
Cash injection for medical negligence victims good news but errors must be brought under control
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is to inject £185 million into the pot that funds compensation pay-outs for victims of medical negligence, as its supply of cash had almost run dry ( Daily Mail ).
Surging cases and improvements in survival rates for brain damaged babies needing lifelong...
