by Russell Worth | Sep 23, 2015 | Medical Negligence, News
Lawyers representing a 14-year-old boy who was left confined to a wheelchair, blind and unable to speak due to alleged negligent failures in his resuscitation following heart surgery when he was 13 months old have achieved a settlement of his case against the NHS...
by Russell Worth | Jun 29, 2015 | Claims, Medical Negligence
New guidelines issued by the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council are advising doctors, nurses and midwives in the UK to be open and honest with patients should things go wrong. The new rules, known as a “duty of candour”, state...
by Russell Worth | Jun 16, 2015 | Accident Claims, Medical Negligence, misdiagnosis advice
Failure to recognise, identify or investigate symptoms associated with cancer Failure to administer the correct cancer testing when medically indicated by patient symptoms Improper or inappropriate carrying out of cancer testing, such as a biopsy or MRI scan Failure...
by Russell Worth | Jun 15, 2015 | Medical Negligence
A pensioner who was left with a weak, husky and painful voice following negligent surgery at an NHS hospital has been awarded £35,000 in compensation. As a result of her injury, the 70-year-old woman had difficulty making herself heard and had needed to give up...
by Russell Worth | Mar 30, 2015 | Claims, Medical Negligence, News
Occupancy rates for critical care beds in England’s hospitals reached their highest point last month, posing a potential threat to patients. 88.1% of adult critical care beds were occupied at England’s NHS hospitals in February, leaving patients at an increased risk...
by Russell Worth | Mar 25, 2015 | Medical Negligence, Sunbed Negligence
Concerns have been raised regarding rates of melanoma diagnosis after a man developed the disease and went for years undiagnosed until he eventually passed away. Terry Wheeldon, from Manchester began using sunbeds in 1999 shortly before his marriage to wife Joann,...
