Some NHS trusts are attempting to save money by delaying
operations so that patients will die or go private before they
receive treatment, it has been claimed.
A report by the independent Co-operat...
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust paid out more than £7
million in compensation to patients affected by clinical negligence
between 2009/10, it has been claimed.
The North East's large...
Mark Bowman's case of P v Whipps
Cross Hospital has been reported on Lawtel.
Our client, a 27-year-old woman, received £95,000, for the total
hearing loss in her left ear suffer...
A Devon wife was left "mentally exhausted" by
her efforts to get her husband correct treatment before he bled to
death in hospital, an inquest has
heard.
Francesco Barsciglie, 65, from Winkleigh,...
The General Medical Council has suspended a vascular surgeon for 12 months over mistakes in
the operating theatre.
Nayef El-Barghouty, who was a consultant in vascular and general surgery at Sc...
We have links with Headway , the brain injury
association. Jill Greenfield is also a
trustee for Headway North London.
We recently sponsored Team SweetTree
(pictured above), who cycled 300 kilo...
More than 900 women were turned away from maternity units last
year due to staffing problems or a lack of beds, as hospitals
struggle to cope with an increased birth rate, according to a
report.
To...
People who have been diagnosed with pleural plaques after
exposure to asbestos are running out of time to claim
compensation.
Plaques are scarred areas of the lungs that don't cause any
symptoms bu...
Nearly £5 million in damages has been awarded to a 12-year-old
girl who suffered severe brain damage following medical
negligence at her birth.
The injuries meant Sophie Clarke now suffers ...
Detectives investigating the deaths of three patients at a
hospital in Stockport have arrested a member of staff.
The 26-year-old woman is being questioned on suspicion of murder
as part of an inve...