Medical Negligence

• £70,000 settlement obtained for Norfolk woman who was given the wrong treatment in hospital

  • PostedSeptember 9, 2020

  Julie Crossley, a medical negligence claim specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained compensation for a woman who lost the sight in one eye. This occurred because doctors in different medical...

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• Coronavirus: How will it affect my court case?

  • PostedMarch 30, 2020

  The outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) has left many of our client’s wondering what will happen to their court case. Whilst the situation is ever changing as the country responds to...

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• Inadequate treatment of ectopic pregnancies puts women at risk of severe harm

  • PostedMarch 5, 2020

  A report released today (5 March) by the NHS’s Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has found that ectopic pregnancies are not being diagnosed quickly enough. Ectopic pregnancies occur when a...

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• East Kent baby deaths: Hospital made same fatal mistakes in 2012

  • PostedMarch 5, 2020

  Maternity services at the East Kent NHS Trust are currently being reviewed after 15 babies have died in their care in recent years. Dan and Alison Halligan, the parents of...

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• Woman dies from stroke after being given wrong medication

  • PostedFebruary 28, 2020

  Heather Planner, 87, of Buckinghamshire, died from a stroke after being accidentally given another patient’s medication. Mrs Planner had been prescribed apixaban, a blood-thinning medicine. However when she went to...

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• Sepsis-detecting monitors fitted in children’s hospital

  • PostedFebruary 27, 2020

  Machines that are able to detect sepsis are being installed at a children’s hospital in Scotland. The monitors, which have been fitted at Royal Hospital for Children, in Glasgow, are...

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• “Corridor nursing” putting patient’s lives at risk

  • PostedFebruary 26, 2020

  More and more patients are having to be cared for in hospital corridors as a result of overcrowded A&E units, NHS staff have warned. “Corridor nursing” runs the risk of...

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• West Suffolk hospital: how much are medical errors costing them?

  • PostedFebruary 25, 2020

  West Suffolk Hospital, in Bury St Edmunds, has been faced with a medical negligence bill 10 times larger than last year, research has found. The hospital, which just last month...

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• Inquest into death of Lowestoft man who drowned in his bath

  • PostedFebruary 24, 2020

  An inquest has begun in Ipswich today (24 February) into the death of a Lowestoft man who drowned in his bath. The man’s family have instructed Sharon Allison, a medical...

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• Patient safety threatened as 28,000 NHS letters not delivered

  • PostedFebruary 20, 2020

  A patient safety inquiry has been begun after a technological error meant that more than 28,000 pieces of confidential NHS mail were not delivered. The letters, containing medical correspondence to...

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• Junior doctors: how bullying is leaving many with no choice but to quit

  • PostedFebruary 13, 2020

  Junior doctors play a crucial role within the NHS. Their hours are long, their work is demanding and their environment is stressful. On top of this, many claim to be...

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• Compensation secured after man’s feeding tube wrongly pierces bowel

  • PostedFebruary 12, 2020

  Amanda Cavanagh, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has secured a significant amount of compensation for a man who was left in severe pain after his feeding tube was...

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