Medical Negligence blogs
Deadline for potential surgery clinical negligence claimants in Liverpool
Women who may have suffered medical negligence through the actions of an uro-gynaecologist surgeon working in Liverpool between 1993 and 2008 are being urged to come forward before September to make a possible compensation claim. One personal injury specialist solicitor already has details of...
Double misdiagnosis leads to clinical negligence payout
A hospital's double misdiagnosis and subsequent wrong treatment for MRSA and leukaemia, neither of which a patient had, has led to the victim being awarded £175,000 in clinical negligence compensation. The 46-year-old man first went to Basildon Hospital in Essex with an infected wound,...
Clinical negligence compensation after man's brain scan misdiagnosis
Continuing compensation payments for the clinical negligence suffered by a taxi driver, who was left seriously disabled after misdiagnosis of a scan in 2003, have been agreed at the High Court in London. The man, then aged 50, was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex, after...
Compensation agreed for girl's brain injury caused by operation delay
Delays in performing a caesarean section which resulted in a girl suffering brain injury have led to an ‘unreserved' apology from an NHS trust and a £2m compensation payment for the clinical negligence . The girl, who is now six, will also receive £50,000 a year for life to meet...
Surgeons welcome reduction of treatment targets to ease pressure
The Government has announced the ending of treatment targets for NHS patients just a few weeks after a survey of surgeons revealed their concerns that pressure on them to meet targets could increase cases of clinical negligence . President of the Royal College of Surgeons John Black said the...
Hospital admits clinical negligence over head injury man ejected as drunk
Compensation for clinical negligence has been paid to the family of a man who was not treated at the Royal Oldham Hospital because staff did not read notes stating he had a head injury but believed he was drunk and he left Accident and Emergency without treatment. The misdiagnosis of the...
Stafford Hospital public inquiry welcomed as move to reduce clinical negligence
A public inquiry into clinical negligence and other issues relating to the deaths of up to 1,200 patients more than should have been expected between 2005 and 2008 at Stafford Hospital has been announced by the Government. This will be the first full public hearing of medical errors and other...
