Fatal Medical Negligence

• Doctor used ‘experimental treatments’ resulting in 10 patient deaths

  • PostedOctober 2, 2019

  Dr Paul Miller, a former consultant urologist at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, is being questioned over the deaths of 10 of his cancer patients that were treated between 2007...

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• Patient dies after six month surgery delay

  • PostedSeptember 25, 2019

  The Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has issued an apology after Denis Harrison, 62, died after waiting six months for surgery. Mr Harrison was diagnosed with bladder cancer in...

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• Automated 999 call-handling system causing fatal ambulance delays

  • PostedSeptember 19, 2019

  Three people have died after receiving delayed care from the South East Coast Ambulance Service, caused as a result of failures with a computer call-handling system. Mrs Filby rang an...

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• Compensation obtained for family of man who died after treatment error

  • PostedAugust 29, 2019

  Amanda Cavanagh, a Medical Negligence Specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a substantial amount of compensation for the family of a man who died after he was not given heparin...

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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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• 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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