Clinical Negligence Blog

Once again, it is some of the most vulnerable people in our society who are being affected by the recent cost cutting exercises regarding the provision of healthcare.

The London Procurement programme has defended its running of reverse e-auctions whereby bids are driven down for £195 million worth of contracts for palliative and dementia care for patients being discharged from hospital - a...

Denise, the wife of Colin Hendry, former Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers and Scotland footballer, is currently recovering in intensive care following an operation to correct negligent cosmetic surgery.

Denise Hendry nearly died in 2002 after a liposuction procedure at a private hospital went horribly wrong. Cosmetic surgeon, Gustav Aniansson, carried out the procedure at the private B...

Last week the National Institute for Health and Clinical Negligence (NICE) issued new guidelines for the treatment of lower back pain. The guidelines advocate the use of alternative therapies such as acupuncture, physiotherapy and exercise. Doctors are being advised not to recommend treatment therapies such as spinal injections, MRI scans and x-rays on the ground that there is insufficient evidenc...

A boy has been awarded £5.75 million in compensation following a week long trial at Chester High Court.

The claim concerned a delay by the boy’s GP in diagnosing a fracture of his skull as a toddler. Now 18, he continues to suffer from epilespy, behavioral abnormalities and deafness, all as a result of the delay in diagnosing the fracture.

The level of the award of compensation ...

I listened to a fascinating programme on Radio 4 last week, presented by Phil Hammond, a doctor and satirist whose Private Eye column exposed the high death rate from children’s heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in the 1980s and 1990s.

The programme focused on Martin Bromiley, an airline pilot whose wife died after she was admitted to hospital for routine surgery because of human...

The Coroners and Justice Bill is currently passing through Parliament setting out reforms to the current coronial law and in part the way in which Inquests are conducted. However the government failed to include in the Bill the provision for Legal Aid in order to allow bereaved families access to legal advice both before and during an inquest.

As a solicitor who regularly acts for bereav...

Concerns have recently been raised about Sandwell Hospital in relation to their "outdated" maternity practices. As result of poor quality and questions over the safety of the procedures at the hospital, some services have now been moved out of Sandwell Hospital altogether and patients are now being treated at Birmingham`s City Hospital.

Last May concerns about Sandwell Hospital by the Ro...

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