Medical Negligence
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The BBC has published an article relating to a surgeon, Mr Tony Dixon, who was dismissed in 2019 following unnecessary mesh bowel operations at Spire private hospital. Following many complaints...
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Ali Masterson, Trainee Legal Executive in our Medical Negligence team, has obtained a settlement of £17,500 for Mr G, who received incorrect components as part of his right hip replacement...
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Amanda Cavanagh, Associate at Ashtons Legal, provides the following statement on behalf of the family. “Our family are heartbroken and devastated by the loss of Madie and need time to...
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In an article published this week, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, has said that the plans drawn up to deal with the inevitable A&E...
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A loss of dreams, of hope and a sense of bereavement often follows a miscarriage, but the most common response when a miscarriage happens is, ‘Why?’. ‘Why me?’, Why us?’,...
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In 2016, Harriet Hawkins died as a consequence of negligence by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. Her parents Dr Jack Hawkins and Sarah Hawkins, who were both employees of the...
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A concern or diagnosis of cancer is worrying enough; however, analysis by MacMillan Cancer Support has revealed that people are now waiting longer than ever for a diagnosis or for...
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Ali Masterson of Ashtons Legal supported the family throughout the inquest process following the death of Mrs M, who sadly passed away in December 2021. Mrs M, aged 59, had...
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Ali Masterson, Trainee Legal Executive in our Medical Negligence team, has obtained a settlement for the family of Mr M who sadly died following delayed treatment for a sigmoid volvulus...
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Ruth Houghton, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement for her client who suffered a delay in diagnosis for a severed ligament. Mrs N dropped a...
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Medical Negligence specialist, Amanda Cavanagh, has obtained a five-figure settlement for Mrs X, who following a fall at home, sustained a right hip fracture in June 2017. Prior to the...
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An Inquest was heard into the death of a young mother, which could have been avoided, but for the loss of a doctor’s advice against natural childbirth. The Winchester Coroner’s...
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