Injury News

• £4.9 million obtained for birth injury resulting in cerebral palsy

  • PostedAugust 27, 2019

  Tom Cook, a consultant solicitor within the medical negligence team at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £4.9 million for the family of a baby who was left with severe brain damage...

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• £275,000 obtained for family of a man who died in motorcycle accident

  • PostedAugust 22, 2019

  Siobhan Thacker has obtained a £275,000 settlement for the family of a man who died on impact when he collided with a car. Mr H was riding his motorcycle to...

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• Mental health units – are they safe?

  • PostedAugust 22, 2019

  West Lane Hospital in Middlesbrough, a mental health unit for young people, has been rated as inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after two girls died within two months...

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• £70,000 obtained for loss of kidney function following hysterectomy

  • PostedAugust 21, 2019

  Julie Crossley, an associate at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £70,000 for a woman who suffered avoidable injury during an abdominal hysterectomy. After the woman suffered an unexpected haemorrhage, her surgeon...

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• £50k obtained for man who suffered a detached retina after referral delay

  • PostedAugust 19, 2019

  Julie Crossley, an associate legal executive at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £50,000 for a man who suffered a detached retina. Mr T attended his opticians after experiencing cloudiness over one...

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• Almost 60% of preventable NHS deaths occur in mental health setting

  • PostedAugust 14, 2019

  NHS Patient Safety data has revealed that 2,182 deaths occurred across the NHS as a result of patient safety incidents in the six month period between March and September 2018....

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• £200,000 settlement for pedestrian who suffered traumatic brain injury

  • PostedAugust 13, 2019

  Siobhan Thacker has obtained £200,000 for a lady who suffered a traumatic brain injury and numerous serious injuries after she was hit by a car travelling at high speed. Ms...

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• Women with physical disabilities are being denied cervical screening

  • PostedAugust 9, 2019

  New research by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust has found that women with physical disabilities are having to fight harder to access cervical screening. Some women have reported feeling neglected and...

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• Man awarded £20k compensation after accidental circumcision

  • PostedAugust 8, 2019

  Terry Brazier attended Leicester Royal Infirmary for a routine botox injection in his bladder. However, he was told afterwards that as a result of a mix-up, he had in fact...

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• £8,000 obtained after GP prescribed fatal combination of medication

  • PostedJuly 29, 2019

  Julie Crossley, an associate chartered legal executive at Ashtons Legal has obtained £8,000 for the family of woman who sadly died after being prescribed a fatal combination of medication. After...

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• £7,500 obtained for man who had shards of glass left in arm for months

  • PostedJuly 25, 2019

  Amanda Cavanagh, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £7,500 for a man who had shards of glass left in his arm for several months after doctors failed...

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• Black women five times more likely to die during childbirth than white women

  • PostedJuly 17, 2019

  British figures have revealed that black women are now five times more likely than white women to experience death as a result of pregnancy complications. These shocking figures were released...

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