Medical Negligence News & Insights

AB was frail and elderly when he developed a blister on one of his toes which was not healing. He attended a walk-in-centre where it was noted that the foot was red and swollen and that AB walked slowly with a stick. Antibiotics were prescribed and it was arranged that District nurses attend AB at home to dress the foot. However, gangrene developed necessitating amputation of the toe.

GAD Legal Solicitors recover damages for injuries arising as a result of a hospitals failure to prevent a fall and subsequent death of the Claimant child’s mother

GAD Legal Solicitors recover damages for injuries suffered as a consequence of a Pharmacist dispensing the incorrect medication

IE v St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hydrothermal endometrial ablation is a procedure which destroys the lining of the uterus using heated fluid

Name of case: RE v St Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This case was covered in the Daily Mail. To read the full article click here, or to download as a pdf, please click here.

Our Client was referred to the Cardiology Department at University Hospital Aintree, by her GP, in view of palpitations and an abnormal ECG showing intermittent left bundle branch block (LBBB). This was investigated by the department of cardiology and despite extensive investigations, no structural abnormality of her heart was documented. Despite the extensive and detailed investigations, her thyroid hormone level was not measured.

BD v Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust Facts of the case Our client was born with a congenital heart condition. He was admitted to The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital with palpitations and syncope and was found to be in ventricular tachycardia with a heart rate of over 250bpm. He was cardioverted and placed on amiodarone and aspirin. A decision was made to implant a defibrillator and this procedure took place under local anaesthesia and sedation

RC v Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust Gregory Abrams Davidson Solicitors recover damages for injuries arising as a result of a hospital’s negligence resulting in fall. The fall caused a femur fracture and exacerbation of a kidney condition resulting in the recommencement of dialysis.

Facts of the case Our client (aged 5 years old) had a consultation with her GP, who recorded that there was a history of abdominal pain and that there was a strong family history of coeliac disease. Blood tests were arranged.