Medical Negligence
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The long-awaited Report, led by Dr Bill Kirkup, into the Maternity and Neonatal Services at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has now been made public. Quite possibly, the most...
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The WHO (World Health Organisation) and IMS (International Menopause Society) have designated October as World Menopause Month. “The purpose of World Menopause Awareness Month is to raise awareness of the...
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This year’s theme for World Mental Health Day is ‘Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority’. Sharon Allison, Head of Medical Negligence and Ben Needham-Holmes, Rehabilitation Co-ordinator,...
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9 to 15 October 2022 is Baby Loss Awareness Week (#BLAW2022), now in its 20th year. This week has been set aside to provide the opportunity for everyone affected by...
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer and its symptoms. What is Breast Cancer? Breast cancer is a disease in which cancerous...
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Ruth Houghton, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £35,000 for a widow whose late husband was left on a commode in a care home for at least...
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Sight is the sense that people fear losing the most, yet two million people in the UK are living with sight loss that is severe enough to have a significant...
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Medical negligence claim specialist, Julie Crossley, has obtained a six figure compensation settlement for an elderly lady who was rendered almost blind by faulty eye surgery. Ms C suffered from...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has settled the medical negligence claim of Ms T, who developed cervical cancer and had to undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy...
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Since it was first initiated in 2014, Urology Awareness Month, supported by The Urology Foundation, is celebrated in September each year in a bid to raise awareness of urological diseases,...
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Following the appointment of Donna Ockenden to chair the review into the Nottingham maternity services, families can now contact the review to ensure their voices are heard. Nottingham maternity services...
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One of the most common neurological complaints we receive at Ashtons Legal is the delay in diagnosis of brain tumours. Early diagnosis of brain tumours is not necessarily easy for...
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