Medical Negligence

• Safety at four in five hospital trusts in England is not good enough

  • PostedMarch 6, 2017

  We all know that staffing and overcrowding in hospitals is a major cause for concern. Now, inspectors have warned that patients are at risk as hospitals faced unprecedented pressures. The...

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• Faster inquiries proposed where brain injury is suffered at birth

  • PostedMarch 3, 2017

  There is a proposal from the government to promise families of children who suffer brain injuries at birth faster investigations into what went wrong and to provide swifter compensation payments....

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• £225k for lady following negligent hip surgery

  • PostedMarch 2, 2017

  Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £225,000 for Ms T whose life has been dramatically altered by alleged negligent surgery and aftercare....

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• Another Suicide in a Suffolk Hospital’s Mental Health Wing

  • PostedFebruary 16, 2017

  An inquest will be held on Monday (20 February ) into the death of a Bury St Edmunds man who took his own life whilst in a hospital’s mental health...

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• £50,000 obtained for elderly man who had unnecessary surgery

  • PostedFebruary 16, 2017

  Julie Crossley, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons, has obtained a £50,000 settlement for Mr H, after he was left bedbound and incontinent following an operation that he needn’t have...

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• Why does the NHS faces unrelenting pressure despite funding rising?

  • PostedFebruary 10, 2017

  Every 24 hours the NHS sees 1 million patients; it has 1.7 million staff and is the fifth largest employer in the world. As a result it absorbs eye-watering amounts...

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• £13,000 obtained for lady who fell in hospital

  • PostedFebruary 8, 2017

  Julie Crossley, a member of the Ashtons’ medical negligence team, has obtained a £13,000 settlement for the family of an elderly lady who had suffered an unwitnessed fall while in...

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• Could breath tests help with early diagnosis of stomach and oesophagus cancers?

  • PostedFebruary 6, 2017

  New research has been undertaken to identify whether or not breath tests can be performed in order to detect cancer of the stomach and oesophagus. A sample of 300 patients...

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• Overseas Patients and Unpaid Medical Bills – Where Do We Draw the Line?

  • PostedFebruary 2, 2017

  The issue of unpaid medical bills arising from the treatment of overseas patients has featured in the news recently as the Government attempts to recoup cash wherever it can given...

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• Inquest into death of Cambridge woman following attendance at hospital’s accident and emergency department

  • PostedJanuary 3, 2017

  An inquest takes place on Thursday (5 January) into the death of a Cambridge woman, Mrs Joan Hawes, following an emergency visit to a hospital accident and emergency department. The...

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• Poor morale among doctors could put patients at risk warns General Medical Council

  • PostedOctober 27, 2016

  The doctors’ regulator has said there was “a state of unease within the medical profession across the UK that risks affecting patients as well as doctors”. Conservative MP Dr Dan...

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• Maternity mistakes costs East Anglia’s NHS more than £16m – as government sets out plans for new compensation scheme

  • PostedOctober 18, 2016

  Pay-outs to maternity patients in East Anglia as a result of bad care has doubled in the last ten years – as the government proposes a new compensation scheme to...

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