Injury News

• Five figure settlement for asbestos claim

  • PostedJanuary 22, 2020

  Martyn Hayward, a specialist asbestos-related disease lawyer, has obtained a five-figure settlement for the family of a deceased lady who suffered from mesothelioma, an asbestos-related illness. Mrs G was employed...

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• Lack of care leaves dementia patients trapped in hospital

  • PostedJanuary 22, 2020

  The Alzheimer’s Society, a charity for people with dementia, has highlighted the need for change after it was revealed that thousands of dementia patients are being left in hospitals due...

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• The True Cost of Medical Negligence

  • PostedJanuary 21, 2020

  An article published on BBC News today has stated that the NHS in England is facing paying up to £4.3bn in legal fees in order to resolve ongoing medical negligence...

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• Suffolk hospital’s investigation to hunt down whistleblower

  • PostedJanuary 16, 2020

  Hospital bosses at the West Suffolk Hospital, in Bury St Edmunds, have asked doctors for fingerprints after an anonymous letter was sent to the family of a woman who died...

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• NSFT – No Longer the Worst Mental Health Unit in England?

  • PostedJanuary 15, 2020

  The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), which last year was named as one of the worst mental health trusts, will stay in special measures, despite the Care Quality...

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• Extreme pressure on NHS leads to A&E wait times reaching record high

  • PostedJanuary 10, 2020

  Last month there were record-long delays in A&E departments around England, new data has revealed. One in five patients requiring emergency care had to wait over the target four hours...

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• Operations cancelled as health board faces immense pressures

  • PostedJanuary 7, 2020

  Four hospitals under the Hywel Dda University Health Board have cancelled operations after a weekend of ‘critical pressures’, that have arisen, as described by Dr Philip Kloer, the health board’s...

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• James Paget Hospital: Mother awarded £15,000 for failings over baby death

  • PostedDecember 18, 2019

  There were multiple opportunities to save six-month-old Harris James. He was mistakenly treated for pneumonia, when in fact he had a heart condition. The Trust had apologised to the family...

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• Rehabilitation and Case Management in the claims process

  • PostedDecember 16, 2019

  Unless you have been involved in an accident and sustained a serious injury, or know someone who has, you probably would not have come across a Case Manager or understand...

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• Are online pharmacies killing desperate patients?

  • PostedDecember 11, 2019

  Nigel Parsley, a Suffolk coroner, has expressed the need for action to be taken against online health providers that dispense medication in order to prevent further deaths from occurring. Debbie...

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• Injured lady receives five times more than insurers’ original offer

  • PostedDecember 11, 2019

  Ashtons Legal solicitor Louise Harper has just obtained a settlement of over £14,000 for a Buckinghamshire businesswoman who suffered several broken ribs and a range of other shorter-term injuries after...

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• Critical care unit short of nurses ‘almost every night’ for entire year

  • PostedDecember 9, 2019

  In July, the critical care unit at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, was given the lowest possible rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the health watchdog. Inspectors found the...

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