Medical Negligence

• Inquest into death of a Suffolk man, who died whilst an inpatient at Ipswich Hospital

  • PostedNovember 6, 2017

  An inquest opens on Wednesday (8 November) at Ipswich Coroner’s Court into the death of John Scott, an Ipswich man who was found hanged in a toilet cubicle at Ipswich...

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• Legal threat to NHS as drug companies challenge proposals to provide patients with cheaper alternatives

  • PostedNovember 2, 2017

  Research has led to the discovery that a drug costing £12 is as effective as injections costing £800. Drug companies who produce the more expensive injections argue that the use...

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• £25,000 obtained for inappropriate breast reconstruction following a mastectomy

  • PostedOctober 31, 2017

  Julie Crossley, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £25,000 for a lady who suffered inappropriate breast reconstruction following a mastectomy. Ms S underwent a mastectomy due to...

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• £25,000 for lady following incorrect medical procedures

  • PostedOctober 25, 2017

  Julie Crossley, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £25,000 for a lady whose treatment for bunions was inappropriate and has left her needing to purchase orthotics in...

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• £20,000 obtained for failure to diagnose prostate cancer

  • PostedOctober 17, 2017

  Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons, has obtained a £20,000 settlement for a man whose prostate cancer was not diagnosed until it had progressed, after doctors missed an...

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• Mental Health amongst the young – World Mental Health Day

  • PostedOctober 10, 2017

  Today is World Mental Health Day and Ashtons Legal are supporting this by sharing information which serves as a reminder to all of us to take stock of our own mental...

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• Inquest into death of a Cambridge woman, who died whilst an inpatient at Fulbourn Hospital

  • PostedSeptember 20, 2017

  The inquest is taking place this week at Huntingdon Town Hall into the death of a Cambridge woman, Hannah Allum, who took her own life whilst in a mental hospital....

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• Unknown breast surgery patients urged to come forward

  • PostedSeptember 14, 2017

  In the press today is news of the £37 million in compensation payments which have been awarded to around 750 patients of the disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson. Back in...

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• False sense of security and weak passwords amongst NHS Staff

  • PostedSeptember 1, 2017

  In May 2017, the NHS was attacked by ransomware (software that threatens to publish information unless a ransom is paid) which disabled computers and left clinicians unable to access patients’...

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• Officials at Public Health England (PHE) say that the amount of activity people do starts to tail off from the age of 40

  • PostedAugust 25, 2017

  They are urging those between the ages of 40 and 60 to start taking regular brisk walks as just ten minutes a day could have a major impact, reducing the...

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• Maternity services at a health trust at the centre of a baby deaths inquiry must improve say inspectors

  • PostedAugust 17, 2017

  Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt ordered an investigation into the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in April. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said overall care had got better but...

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• Plymouth surgeon no longer able to perform non-emergency operations on children after performing procedure without consent

  • PostedAugust 14, 2017

  A Plymouth surgeon will no longer be perform non-emergency operations on children following his actions during an operation on a 12 year old boy. The child attended the hospital for...

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