Medical Negligence

• £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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• Ashtons Partner awarded APIL Fellowship

  • PostedJuly 5, 2019

  Sharon Allison, a Partner within the Medical Negligence team at Ashtons Legal, has been accredited with a Fellowship by The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL.) The association is made...

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• Hospitals are not treating sepsis quickly enough

  • PostedJuly 4, 2019

  It has been reported that thousands of patients a year are having their lives put at risk due to their sepsis not being treated quickly enough. As soon as sepsis...

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• Patients harmed due to bed shortages in intensive care unit

  • PostedJuly 2, 2019

  Following inspections of both James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, South Tee’s Hospitals Trust’s intensive care has been given the worst possible rating of inadequate....

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• Over £48,000 obtained for nerve damage following surgery

  • PostedJune 28, 2019

  Loveness Chihoyi, Trainee Legal Executive in Ashtons Medical Negligence team, has obtained over £48,000 for a woman who suffered with nerve damage following surgery on her wisdom teeth. Mrs P...

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• The future may see cervical cancer gone for good

  • PostedJune 27, 2019

  Recent evidence has found the HPV vaccination to be so successful at preventing cervical cancer that scientists believe one day the cancer may be eradicated. The vaccination has been used...

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• 300 new cases uncovered during NHS maternity scandal

  • PostedJune 26, 2019

  A further 300 cases of deaths and serious injuries of babies at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SATH) have been discovered. The cases were found during an ongoing...

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• Students think parents should be told if their child is suffering at university

  • PostedJune 14, 2019

  Suicides of young people in education are very sadly becoming all too regular. It is often the case that universities feel unable to warn parents or families of students experiencing...

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• Ashtons Legal enhances Medical Negligence presence in Norwich

  • PostedJune 13, 2019

  Ashtons Legal has recently relocated part of its top tier Medical Negligence team to Norwich. This is in recognition that this is a legal area where local people can benefit...

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• GPs claiming up to £88m for non-existent patients

  • PostedJune 12, 2019

  An investigation has begun by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority after it was found that in 2018 there were 3.6 million more patients registered to GPs than there were people...

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• Adolescent mental health unit rated ‘inadequate’ and deemed unsafe

  • PostedJune 6, 2019

  The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has threatened to close a mental health hospital in Northampton after inspectors found it to be unsafe and operating far below the expected standard. The...

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