A Cheshire man has been awarded £40,000 after a third party vehicle caused a horrific collision leaving the claimant with a string of life altering injuries. Jonathan Harker, a 29…
A mother of two suffered with avoidable and prolonged abdominal pain after products were retained following a Caesarean section. The 26 year old was admitted to Epsom General Hospital in…
A 77 year old woman has been compensated by four GP Defendants following a repeat prescription course of Nurofen Meltlets 200mg, without considering her history of peptic ulcer disease which…
A 74 year old man suffered heel ulcers which required surgery following a hospital stay. In November 2015, the Claimant was admitted to New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, due to acute…
A father of two has turned his life around after severely injuring his arm with a chainsaw while working as a tree surgeon. Karl Spafford suffered life changing injuries in…
Despite a relatively mild winter and a record low of flu diagnosis, medical experts believe the coming months could present the National Health Service with the worst winter on record.…
Written by Eliza Esiategiwa, Assistant Litigation Executive at Fletchers Solicitors. The legal aid funded civil law sector has been plagued by funding cuts since the mid-2000s. Between 2006 and 2009, legal aid was…
Written by Ciaran Harper, Senior Litigation Executive in the Medical Negligence Department at Fletchers Solicitors A recent inquest concluded that Stephen Pettitt of Newcastle died after an operation in…
Written by Sion Wynne, senior solicitor in the medical negligence department at Fletchers Solicitors NHS Resolution recently published a report about research into the motivation of patients making legal claims…
Written by Sadiya Zaib, Assistant Litigation Executive, in the medical negligence department at Fletchers: The NHS is approaching a crisis point like never before. Health and social care is suffering…
By Andy Tindall, Litigation Executive in the Medical Negligence team After the publication of AVMA’s report on the inspection and regulation of the duty of candour earlier this month, the…
By Chloe Westwell, trainee solicitor No two days are ever the same at Fletchers Solicitors. Currently, I am working in the Litigation Team in the Clinical Negligence Department which is…
By Saima Mazhar, Senior Solicitor in the Medical Negligence Department at Fletchers The charity organisation, Breast Cancer Care recently reported that around 72%, almost three quarters of NHS Trusts across…
By Hannah Ashcroft, Solicitor in the Medical Negligence team I, along with the nation, have been thoroughly gripped by the best-selling book “This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of…
Written by Natasha Perkins, Solicitor at Fletchers. It has been reported in the news over the last couple of months, more recently over the last fortnight, that there…
