Injury News

• One in five births sees a maternity care mistake being made

  • PostedDecember 21, 2017

  Over the last two years, 276,767 incidents regarding maternity care were recorded by hospital staff in England. This is the equivalent of one incident for every five births. The majority...

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• £60,000 obtained for delayed diagnosis of bowel obstruction

  • PostedNovember 21, 2017

  Julie Crossley, a medical injury lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £60,000 for Mrs T after her local hospital took three days to diagnose a bowel obstruction as the...

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• Children with complex medical conditions struggle to get out of hours and weekend palliative care

  • PostedNovember 15, 2017

  It is estimated there are 40,000 children living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions in England alone. A new report by the charity Together for Short Lives describes the commissioning of...

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• £170,000 obtained for whiplash injury

  • PostedNovember 15, 2017

  Personal injury lawyer, Tom Ranson, obtained £170,000 compensation for a lady who suffered a significant whiplash injury. Mrs B’s car was written off when she was stuck heavily from behind...

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• £320,000 obtained for head injury following car accident

  • PostedNovember 10, 2017

  Personal injury lawyer, Tom Ranson, obtained £320,000 for a man who suffered a head injury following a car accident. Mr S sustained a subtle brain injury and psychiatric trauma after...

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• 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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• How can I manage someone’s finances if they have not made a Power of Attorney?

  • PostedOctober 26, 2017

  Sadly, there are times in people’s lives when they no longer have the mental capacity to deal with their own affairs and require the support of others to act on...

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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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