Medical Negligence
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We are now some way into the timeframe of the government’s “Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, a £1bn plan to improve mental health care by 2021” and one...
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Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £700,000 settlement for Mrs T following medical failings which have had permanent consequences and resulted in several years...
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Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement for Mr S after his straightforward spinal surgical procedure was followed by complications which were not immediately...
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Trips to GPs and A&E for minor, ‘self-treatable’ conditions, such as a sore throat or a stomach ache, cost the NHS around £850 million a year. A survey has found...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £100,000 damage settlement and an apology from Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS Foundation Trust for Ms M after...
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It’s an unfair fact of life, but in the eyes of the law a married couple has far more protection than a cohabiting, unmarried partnership. However, the case of Jakki Smith from...
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According to NHS Digital, more than 33,000 nurses walked away last year, piling pressure on understaffed hospitals and community services. This represents a rise of 20% since 2012-13 meaning that...
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According to NHS Digital, more than 33,000 nurses walked away last year, piling pressure on understaffed hospitals and community services. This represents a rise of 20% since 2012-13 meaning that...
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2018 has kicked off with the NHS in the headlines once again. We have been told that 83% of patients now arriving in Accident and Emergency are waiting longer than...
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Over the last two years, 276,767 incidents regarding maternity care were recorded by hospital staff in England. This is the equivalent of one incident for every five births. The majority...
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Julie Crossley, a medical injury lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £60,000 for Mrs T after her local hospital took three days to diagnose a bowel obstruction as the...
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It is estimated there are 40,000 children living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions in England alone. A new report by the charity Together for Short Lives describes the commissioning of...
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