Author Archives: Pearson Hinchliffe
Press Release: Pearson Hinchliffe Opens Ashton’s First Medical Negligence Office
Pearson Hinchliffe Solicitors may be a very historic business but it has some very new ideas too. The 137-year-old law firm, with its headquarters on Queen Street, Oldham, has announced it has opened a new ‘shop front’ office in Ashton … Continue reading
Summary Care Records (SCR) launched to Oldham Patients
They are intended to improve patient safety by allowing out of hours doctors and hospitals to see patients’ medical records. Summary Care Records (SCR), a patients medical records held electronically giving details of what prescriptions they may be on and whether they … Continue reading
Injured client receives £200,000 compensation after surgical delays
Pearson Hinchliffe’s medical negligence lawyers have obtained £200,000 in compensation for a 35 year old man following the failure of an NHS hospital to properly treat a severe soft tissue infection. The man attended the North Manchester Hospital with painful … Continue reading
Fast tracking complex medical negligence claims in England and Wales may reduce access to justice.
Access to justice for medical negligence claims may be reduced under the government’s proposal to speed up and place limits on claims heard by the lower courts. The Ministry of Justice consultation document, ‘Solving disputes in the county courts‘, aims … Continue reading
NHS is Failing to Follow Guidelines on Blood Clot Prevention
New figures show 4.5 million NHS patients a year are being denied potentially life-saving assessments that could prevent blood clots. According to data obtained from the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) by the thrombosis charity Lifeblood, just one in 5 hospital … Continue reading
£6.4m Clinical Negligence Award for Brain-Damaged Boy
The High Court has approved a significant compensation payout to the parents of a Hertfordshire child. A boy, who suffered severe brain damage during his delivery due to the medical negligence of staff at Edgware Birth Centre, has been awarded … Continue reading
Pearson Hinchliffe LLP Client Wins £6 Million Award in Cerebral Palsy Compensation
He was supposed to have been a ‘normal little boy’, but a catalogue of errors by the Royal Blackburn Hospital during a mismanaged birth led to Child A. suffering asphyxia leading to him developing cerebral palsy and severe and permanent … Continue reading
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry
Pearson Hinchliffe Solicitors is an accredit member of the clinical negligence charity AvMA (Action Against Medical Accidents) which has been given ‘core participant’ status in the public enquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust which began on 8th November, 2010. This … Continue reading
NHS Counts Cost of Compensation
The most common cause of medical negligence payouts the NHS has been forced to cover is negligent care during maternity, according to figures gathered from freedom of information requests. Severe medical negligence cases involving babies starved of oxygen at birth … Continue reading
Medical Negligence – do you know your rights?
If your medical treatment didn’t live up to expectations, would you know who to turn to? This useful and comprehensive article is written by John Pollitt, Medical Negligence department Partner at Pearson Hinchliffe Solicitors. Read the full text here: Medical … Continue reading