Medical Negligence
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We all know that staffing and overcrowding in hospitals is a major cause for concern. Now, inspectors have warned that patients are at risk as hospitals faced unprecedented pressures. The...
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There is a proposal from the government to promise families of children who suffer brain injuries at birth faster investigations into what went wrong and to provide swifter compensation payments....
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Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £225,000 for Ms T whose life has been dramatically altered by alleged negligent surgery and aftercare....
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An inquest will be held on Monday (20 February ) into the death of a Bury St Edmunds man who took his own life whilst in a hospital’s mental health...
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New research has been undertaken to identify whether or not breath tests can be performed in order to detect cancer of the stomach and oesophagus. A sample of 300 patients...
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Pay-outs to maternity patients in East Anglia as a result of bad care has doubled in the last ten years – as the government proposes a new compensation scheme to...
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An Ipswich family claims a hospital ‘abandoned’ their daughter after she was given electric shock treatment following cardiac arrest, and that the investigation into her subsequent brain injury ‘failed at...
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Sharon Allison has been campaigning for improvements in mental health care, particularly in East Anglia, for several years and is working closely with families whose tragic stories about failure in...
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Unacceptably short 15 minute home care visits to elderly and disabled people are still plaguing the care system in England. Research by Unison has found “distressing” cases of care being...
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Proposed changes to the law mean families who lose a child or an elderly parent through hospital negligence will have no means of redress, according to a bereaved Kesgrave couple....
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Thousands of people in England are dying from bowel cancer because their disease is not being spotted early enough, a charity has warned. Beating Bowel Cancer found wide variation within...
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NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Jane Cummings has praised the “Hello My Name Is…” campaign started by terminally ill Dr Kate Granger. The CNO spoke out as it was...
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