Here's where you can find out what news stories we've been mentioned in, what sort of things we've been talking about, what's been on our minds, what we've been supporting. In short, anything that warrants a Fletchers mention! Dip in.
Fletchers Solicitor’s Medical Negligence Solicitor, Susan Healey believes convoluted NHS guidelines are preventing the health service from providing a better quality of care. Writing in response to a recent…
A 40-year-old woman who fell over in her garden has received an £80,000 settlement after experiencing two avoidable surgeries that has reduced her mobility. On 26 August 2015, the Teaching…
Responding to the news that NHS England are to restrict patients’ access to cataract removal, Kathryn Sharkey, Medical Negligence Solicitor at Fletchers Solicitors believes this undermines patients’ needs and will…
A motorcyclist has received a £25,000 settlement after the driver of a third party vehicle caused a road traffic accident that resulted in serious injury. Karl Wrigley, 53 from Wigan,…
A motorcyclist has received an out of court settlement for £70,000 after colliding with another vehicle and sustaining a string of serious physical injuries as well as significant psychological harm.…
Article written by Medical Negligence Solicitor and Team Leader, Darren Tamplin-ComptonAfter recently highlighting concerns in delays to reporting by the health regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), upon GP at…
A 24-year-old mother has received a £30,000 settlement after a laparotomy resulted in a lifetime risk of an incisional hernia and bowel obstruction. On 18th April 2017, Lauren Smith from…
Written by Bethany Hodgkins, Medical Negligence Solicitor at Fletchers Solicitors In October 2017, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the intention of the Department to develop…
By Hannah Ashcroft, solicitor in the Medical Negligence Department at Fletchers Solicitors Cervical screening in England has faced a series of blunders over the last 12-18 months, with the latest…
Caroline Morris and Louise Cassidy recently acted for a motorcyclist following his involvement in a road traffic accident. Their client sustained multiple serious injuries in the accident including a brachial…
Fletchers Solicitors’ Caroline Morris and Aimee Moorcroft were recently successful in negotiating a significant financial settlement for one of their clients despite difficult accident circumstances and poor prospects of the…
By Sion Wynne, Senior Solicitor and Team Leader in the Medical Negligence Department Research reported by the BBC last week found some rural communities wait more than 20 minutes on…
By Priscilla Marfoa, Litigation Executive in the Medical Negligence Department at Fletchers Solicitors On average, smear tests prevent 75% of cervical cancers. In recent years, there has been a decline…
By Jennifer Argent, Medical Negligence Solicitor Last month the government announced that prescription charges will increase to £9.00 from 1st April 2019. The prescription charges continue to increase year on…
In response to a Guardian health article that announced public satisfaction with the NHS is at its lowest level for a decade, Medical Negligence Solicitor, Natasha Perkins believes that patient…
Who inspires you and why? I am genuinely inspired by Emmeline Pankhurst and by all those brave women who risked everything to make Britain a better and fairer place. In…
Apprenticeship: Level 3 Paralegal The fifth apprenticeship interview of five in this series is with Level 3 Paralegal, Sam Cropper. Q 1. Briefly describe your overall experience of the apprenticeship?…
A 22 year old woman was left with psychological trauma and physical injuries after being knocked off her bike on a roundabout. Monique Sapla was cycling round a roundabout in…
Apprenticeship: Chartered Legal Executive The fourth apprenticeship interview of five in this series is with Chartered Legal Executive Apprentice, Ceri Dudley. Q 1. Briefly describe your overall experience of the apprenticeship? My…
A 77-year-old man has received £12,500 in compensation after experiencing three unnecessary cycles of chemotherapy when a hospital failed to appropriately diagnose a return of prostate cancer. Gary Voller, 77…
Apprenticeship: Paralegal The third apprenticeship interview of five in this series is with Paralegal, Kat Grynda. Q 1. Briefly describe your overall experience of the apprenticeship? My experience with apprenticeship…
A woman with a phobia of falling out of bed died after her carers failed to put her bed rail up and she was found on the floor during the…
Apprenticeship: Paralegal The second apprenticeship interview of five in this series is with Litigation Executive, Hannah Wilson. Q 1. Briefly describe your overall experience of the apprenticeship? A. I am…
As today marks the beginning of #NationalApprenticeshipWeek Fletchers Solicitors are delighted to present the experiences of current apprentices who are earning and learning at a national law firm. Each and…
Apprenticeship: Level 3 Paralegal The first of five apprentice interviews in this series is with Level 3 Paralegal, Megann McKay. Megann started her apprenticeship last September after being with the…
A motorcyclist sustained serious injuries when a car pulled out across his path in central London, throwing him from his bike. The 30 year old was rushed to hospital with…
Millie Kirby, a junior litigation executive in the Medical Negligence Department at Fletchers, gives her views on vaccinations: The first vaccination was developed in 1796 by Edward Jenner to protect…
A 25-year-old woman has received £7,000 after forceps were negligently used and she underwent an unnecessary surgical procedure during labour. The woman, who is from Warwickshire, was admitted to George…
An Assistant Litigation Executive at Fletchers Solicitors believes longer-lasting hip and knee replacements can’t guarantee a reduction in revision surgery or a better duty of care. Commenting in response to…
The Guardian recently published an article highlighting new findings that questioned advice to administer 80% oxygen to patients after operations. The article, which studied the World Health Organisation’s 2016 guidelines,…
Thomas Williams, a 31 year old store manager at Tesco, received his settlement monies after he was driving down Fosse road in Leicester and was knocked off his motorcycle by…
A Senior Solicitor and Chief Assessor of the Law Society’s Clinical Negligence Panel believes that a new ‘rapid test’ could be a significant breakthrough for the diagnosis and treatment of…
A Blackpool-based pensioner’s stroke-murder inquiry “could have been avoided” and “could be down to a lack of care”, claims Trainee Solicitor. Kim Jackson, trainee solicitor for Fletchers Solicitor’s medical negligence…
A former chef has been told he can never work in the profession again after suffering life changing injuries in a road traffic accident. Oliver Holden, from Southampton, contacted Fletchers…
The claimant, who wishes to remain anonymous, heard the verdict after the surgeon, Mr Anthony Dixon who performed the extensive surgery admitted liability and causation in December 2018. In 2015,…
A 51 year old woman has been awarded £8,000 due to a medical procedure being carried out on the wrong part of her breast. The claimant attended Queen Elizabeth…
The NHS has warned that incorrect metal plates may have been used to treat patients suffering from fractured bones over the past 12 months. Hospitals have been advised to review…
In an interview with ITV News earlier this week, a state of the art prosthetics technology company argued that prosthetic limbs should now be available on the NHS. Open Bionics,…
A 40 year old man has received £15,000 from West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust after medical equipment was left in place during an operation. The man, who is a full…
A woman has received £15,000 from a Cambridge Hospital following negligent treatment to her right ankle after a fall. After falling and damaging her right ankle in June 2014, the…
A father of two who was seriously injured in a motorbike accident has thanked Fletchers for the service he received. The man sustained a very severe traumatic brain injury and…
Fletchers Solicitors are proud to announce that they have become corporate partners at Stockport Cerebral Palsy Socity. The charity provide expert support for more than 700 adults and children across the…
A 55 year old woman has received £9,000 from Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation, after negligent treatment relating to a failure to diagnose and…
A 69 year old male has claimed £5,500 after his GP incorrectly prescribed him 10 times the intended dose of medication. The negligent mistake meant that, Michael Denney, a retired…
A 19 year old woman has received £85,000 after a six-year medical negligence claim against a major NHS Foundation Trust finally came to an end in December 2018. Kaomi Layton’s…
By Kate Barge, Senior Litigation Executive at Fletchers Solicitors In an article by the BMA, clinical research has identified that moderate use of cannabis helps to delay the onset and…
A research paper launched today titled ‘The Bellwether Discussion Paper: The Changing Face of Law’ highlights the concerns of independent law firms around the rise in price-driven client behaviours and…
It has recently been announced that the deaths of up to 250 patients at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London are being investigated. Concerns regarding patients treated in the cardiac…
A construction owner who suffered unnecessarily for months as a result of NHS Trust failings, has received £24,500 after two NHS Trusts admitted liability. The 33-year old Claimant received his…
A Cheshire man has been awarded £40,000 after the driver of a third party vehicle caused a horrific collision leaving the claimant with a string of life altering injuries. Jonathan…
Fletchers Solicitors have successfully represented a 46 year old male who was awarded almost £30,000 in a serious injury legal settlement. Kevin Emmett, a 46 year old former car salesman…
A fit and healthy Grandad of four lost his sight, had a stroke and a double heart bypass, and will eventually lose his eye, after an on-call Ophthalmologist failed to…
A lack of justice for the death of more than 450 patients who lost their lives at Gosport War Memorial Hospital has compounded misery for the patients’ families, states a…
A closer look into the new 10 year plan by Litigation Executive, Liam Bestwick The government has recently released the new 10 year plan for the NHS. The ambitious plan…
A 31-year-old woman suffered post traumatic stress disorder after a medical mistake was made during surgery. Stephanie Magson of Bradford, West Yorkshire, underwent surgery for a persistent left tube ovarian…
Investigation by Fletchers Solicitors finds Barts Health NHS Trust negligent by failing to investigate victim’s symptoms in a timely manner A much-loved mother and grandmother suffered 12 months of unnecessary…
In review of the new 10-year NHS plan, Lucy Fletcher, Senior Solicitor at Fletchers Solicitors believes a fresh focus on disease prevention and detection is welcome but question marks remain…
A 44 year old man has been awarded £7,000 after errors were made when his dentist failed to properly re-root fill the tooth. Terence Coles, of Leicester, attended his dentist,…
