Fatal Medical Negligence
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An inquest has begun into the death of a 20-year-old woman who died from sepsis following a routine appendix operation. Chloe Rideout first attended Derriford Hospital in Plymouth after she...
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Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021. It is so important to recognise when an individual needs support and to fight to help them receive that support....
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When a loved one dies as a result of someone else’s wrongdoing it may be possible to bring a claim under the Fatal Accidents Act. The Fatal Accidents Act may...
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An inquest has found that ‘shocking’ mistakes contributed to the death of a baby at the Queen’s Medical Centre in 2018. Kaylan Coates, son of Hayley Coates, suffered a fractured...
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More than three-quarters of NHS midwives believe that the staffing levels in their NHS trust or board are unsafe, a survey has found. The survey, carried out by the Royal...
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In August 2018, Mr C tripped and fell landing on his right leg. Mr C attended A&E as he was unable to weight bear on his right leg. He was...
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Maternity services at the East Kent NHS Trust are currently being reviewed after 15 babies have died in their care in recent years. Dan and Alison Halligan, the parents of...
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Machines that are able to detect sepsis are being installed at a children’s hospital in Scotland. The monitors, which have been fitted at Royal Hospital for Children, in Glasgow, are...
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Following on from our previous article that reported at least seven preventable baby deaths had occurred at East Kent hospitals, this number has now risen as more families have come...
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An inquest has begun into the death of a woman who died of cervical cancer, despite being given the all-clear from a smear test. Julie O’Connor, 49, died in February...
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A Suffolk hospital has been accused of secrecy, bullying and intimidation after a ‘witch hunt’ was carried out to identify a whistleblower who had raised concerns over a woman’s death....
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Two patients became seriously ill and one patient died after receiving organs that had been contaminated with a fungal infection after the surgeon failed to disclose that when he was...
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