Medical Negligence
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The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has promised to introduce measures that will strengthen protection for staff whistleblowers. This promise comes in the wake of the Gosport War Memorial Hospital scandal...
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The NHS failed to send out over 40,000 letters containing cervical cancer screening information to women in England. 150-200 of these were test results that had come up showing abnormalities,...
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Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has succeeding in obtaining £70,000 for the family of a man who died unnecessarily because his early symptoms of mouth cancer...
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Allied Healthcare, a UK home care provider that helps 13,000 older and disabled people has been warned about its financial sustainability by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) who regulates them....
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The Each Baby Counts project has recently focused on the analysis of cases of stillbirth, neonatal death and babies born with brain damage and investigating the potential factors contributing to...
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Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £300,000 for Mrs T, who lost her mobility as a result of negligent treatment in a care home. Mrs...
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The public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal will be the largest inquiry ever to be held in Britain. Almost 1,300 people have signed up as ‘core participants’ – many...
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Aspirin is a common medicine highly effective in controlling pain, fever and inflammation; but it is also used for thinning the blood and reducing the risk of serious problems such...
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Siobhan Thacker, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £350,000 for a man whose previous solicitors failed to obtain as much compensation for him as he was due,...
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Between April and July 2018, 14,479 people were treated for some type of urological cancer. This is a 36% increase from the same four month period the year before. Chief...
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn has announced that up to 24 beds in two wards will be out of action for six months. As a result, around 25 operations...
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Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £125,000 damage settlement for Mr S after a routine gallbladder operation went wrong. A surgeon’s error resulted in...
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