Medical Negligence

• Almost 60% of preventable NHS deaths occur in mental health setting

  • PostedAugust 14, 2019

  NHS Patient Safety data has revealed that 2,182 deaths occurred across the NHS as a result of patient safety incidents in the six month period between March and September 2018....

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• Women with physical disabilities are being denied cervical screening

  • PostedAugust 9, 2019

  New research by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust has found that women with physical disabilities are having to fight harder to access cervical screening. Some women have reported feeling neglected and...

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• Man awarded £20k compensation after accidental circumcision

  • PostedAugust 8, 2019

  Terry Brazier attended Leicester Royal Infirmary for a routine botox injection in his bladder. However, he was told afterwards that as a result of a mix-up, he had in fact...

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• £8,000 obtained after GP prescribed fatal combination of medication

  • PostedJuly 29, 2019

  Julie Crossley, an associate chartered legal executive at Ashtons Legal has obtained £8,000 for the family of woman who sadly died after being prescribed a fatal combination of medication. After...

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• £7,500 obtained for man who had shards of glass left in arm for months

  • PostedJuly 25, 2019

  Amanda Cavanagh, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £7,500 for a man who had shards of glass left in his arm for several months after doctors failed...

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• Black women five times more likely to die during childbirth than white women

  • PostedJuly 17, 2019

  British figures have revealed that black women are now five times more likely than white women to experience death as a result of pregnancy complications. These shocking figures were released...

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• Ashtons Partner awarded APIL Fellowship

  • PostedJuly 5, 2019

  Sharon Allison, a Partner within the Medical Negligence team at Ashtons Legal, has been accredited with a Fellowship by The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL.) The association is made...

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• Hospitals are not treating sepsis quickly enough

  • PostedJuly 4, 2019

  It has been reported that thousands of patients a year are having their lives put at risk due to their sepsis not being treated quickly enough. As soon as sepsis...

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• Patients harmed due to bed shortages in intensive care unit

  • PostedJuly 2, 2019

  Following inspections of both James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, South Tee’s Hospitals Trust’s intensive care has been given the worst possible rating of inadequate....

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• Over £48,000 obtained for nerve damage following surgery

  • PostedJune 28, 2019

  Loveness Chihoyi, Trainee Legal Executive in Ashtons Medical Negligence team, has obtained over £48,000 for a woman who suffered with nerve damage following surgery on her wisdom teeth. Mrs P...

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• The future may see cervical cancer gone for good

  • PostedJune 27, 2019

  Recent evidence has found the HPV vaccination to be so successful at preventing cervical cancer that scientists believe one day the cancer may be eradicated. The vaccination has been used...

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• 300 new cases uncovered during NHS maternity scandal

  • PostedJune 26, 2019

  A further 300 cases of deaths and serious injuries of babies at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SATH) have been discovered. The cases were found during an ongoing...

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