Category Archives: Medical Negligence News
GMC study shows 1 in 20 GP prescriptions contain errors
A study by the General Medical Council (GMC), the authority which regulates doctors, has found that over the course of a year one in 20 prescription items contained some sort of error or that monitoring of patients was not good … Continue reading
NHS awards £6.2m in clinical negligence compensation brain injury case
The High Court has awarded a patient £6.52m in clinical negligence compensation after he was accidentally given an overdose in medication by doctors. 33-year-old Christopher Lines, a patient at Lakes Mental Health Unit in Colchester, was left severely brain-damaged in … Continue reading
NHS sets aside £235m to compensate undetected neonatal hypoglycaemia at birth
The NHSLA (NHS Litigation Authority) has admitted that it needs to set aside £235.4m in order to pay compensation claims in which NHS maternity staff failed to notice dangerously low blood sugar levels in new born babies. The condition known … Continue reading
Pearson Hinchliffe client wins pharmacist negligence case.
A 66 years old patient has been awarded a settlement after his pharmacist admitted dispensing the wrong drugs. Mr H had a previous history of two heart bypass operations, angina, kidney problems, hypertension and a stroke. He was prescribed a … Continue reading
Government’s Legal Aid Bill suffers fresh defeat in Lords
Legal aid reforms suffer further defeats in House of Lords. Highlights: Legal Aid, Punishment and Sentencing of Offenders Bill has now suffered six amendments in total; Every speaker in the debate – apart from the minister – opposed government’s … Continue reading
Pearson Hinchliffe Case Study: Husband successfully claims compensation for clinical negligence by a hospital radiologist.
Missed diagnosis of superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction. The facts of the case Mrs S was 43 years old at the time of her death. She had no significant previous medical history. During early 2008 she noticed facial swelling and … Continue reading
Birth injury claims factor in Government increasing NHS medical negligence fund by £185m
The NHS Litigation Authority has been given and a further £185m to help cover an increase in claims made against the NHS, especially high-value birth injury claims. The reason for additional funds being made available by the Government has been … Continue reading
£5.6m medical negligence compensation for brain damaged girl
A girl who suffered severe brain damage during a mismanaged birth has been awarded £5.6m in medical negligence compensation from the NHS. The compensation will go towards paying for clinical care for the girl who is now 11 years old. … Continue reading
Plan to Cut Legal Aid for Clinical Negligence Would Cost the Taxpayer Millions, Independent Research Finds
Knock on costs of the Government’s planned cuts to legal aid in clinical negligence cases is estimated at THREE times predicted government saving. From the Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA) blog Download AVMA’s press release Pearson Hinchliffe Solicitor’s Medical Negligence department … Continue reading
Tameside Hospital has been told its death rates are too high.
The alert was raised by Dr Foster, an independent organisation which researches health issues, whose research found higher than expected mortality rates. In 2010/2011 Tameside hospital had death rates which were 17 per cent higher than normal. When compared to … Continue reading