Medical
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As a result of people mixing again following the lifting of Covid restrictions, infections and illnesses are spreading. BBC News has reported that a fourth child has died of Strep...
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Natalie Cosgrove joins Ashtons Legal’s thriving Medical Negligence team this week as a partner in the business. She is joined by paralegal Amelia Dale, both from a Yorkshire-based firm. Both...
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If a patient is negligently injured or harmed as a result of treatment or lack of treatment by a clinician, whether in a hospital, GP surgery, pharmacy, opticians, care home,...
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Martha Mills died as a result of sepsis following a rare pancreatic trauma after falling off her bike whilst on holiday. Her mother, Merope Mills, an editor at the Guardian,...
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Following the long-anticipated publication of Dr Kirkup’s investigation into the maternity care provided at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, medical negligence specialist Mark Stafford-White shares the experience of his client...
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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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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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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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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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