Medical Negligence
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The BBC has reported that: “deaths, staff shortages and a culture of life-threatening self-harm are exposing deep fears about the quality of mental health care in hospitals for children and...
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Pre-eclampsia is a condition which can affect pregnant women; the signs and symptoms are usually high blood pressure and protein in urine. This sometimes fatal condition appears in the second...
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Sharon Allison, Partner and Head of Medical Negligence, has obtained £785,000 for the family of a young man after he died following successful neurosurgery. AJ was a young, fit and...
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July is Group B Strep Awareness Month, an opportunity to raise awareness and highlight the importance of education and research to help protect newborn babies from the consequences of this...
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Sharon Allison, Partner and Head of Medical Negligence, has achieved a six-figure settlement for her client in a medical negligence claim concerning a negligent blood donation. The client (PS) was...
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Ashtons Legal’s Head of Medical Negligence and Partner, Sharon Allison, recently attended the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers (SCIL) conference in Birmingham, the first event in her capacity as Vice...
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As a current hot topic headlining the media and social media, the subject can make for some pretty grim reading. From the ‘banter’ women endure about the physical symptoms they...
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Although long ambulance waiting times are nothing new, the BBC has recently reported that there has been “a 77% rise in the most serious safety incidents logged by paramedics in...
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Recent data released by the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities has revealed vast inequalities in the rate of amputations caused by diabetic foot disease across England. Over 3.5 million...
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Julie Crossley, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, successfully represented Mr T in his claim against his local hospital relating to a leg injury. Mr T suffered a knee...
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The Health and Social Care Committee has stated that there has been a delay in the early diagnosis of cancer cases as a result of the pandemic. Usually, just over...
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Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist Partner at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £250,000 settlement for Ms T, a woman in her 20s, who suffered serious complications from negligent surgery...
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