Fletchers Solicitor’s Medical Negligence Solicitor, Kim Jackson believes specialist doctors still have an important role to play in diagnosing cancer. Speaking in response to a new study that suggests artificial…
In response to Health Secretary, Matt Hancock’s vow to ban Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Fletchers Solicitor’s Junior Litigation Executive, Darya Amin is hopeful a change in legislation will empower individuals to…
Around 1.7 million fines have been overturned for individuals who were thought to have claimed free dental treatment and prescriptions on the NHS. Senior Solicitor, Sally Fromont from Fletchers Solicitor’s…
In response to the news reported this week that the NHS has seen the first sustained fall in GP numbers for 50 years, Junior Litigation Executive, Hannah Smale from Fletcher’s…
Medical Negligence Litigation Executive, Daniel Crowder is hopeful that thousands of women could be spared painful and occasionally life-threatening infections after childbirth. A major trial involving more than 3,000 women…
In response to the news that 80 hospitals across the UK are to pilot screening Group B Streptococcus for new-born babies, Fletchers Solicitor’s, Christian Beadell has welcomed this as a…
A 42-year-old man has settled his claim for more than a million pounds compensation after he was told it is unlikely he will ever work again. The claimant, who has…
A woman received compensation following failures by Kent and Canterbury Hospital when removing a Groshong Catheter. The hospital failed to fully remove a catheter from Camelia Jane Smith, left the…
It was recently reported that researchers from an Israeli university have developed a computer virus that can manipulate medical scans to such a standard that it fooled seasoned health professionals.…
In response to the news reported this week that urine tests could bring an end to cervical cancer’s “smear fear”, Assistant Litigation Executive, Hayley Millington believes a screening alternative will…
Earlier this week the government announced that they intend to step up their efforts to raise awareness around the risks connected to cosmetic procedures. The BBC, ITV and a number…
A 94-year-old man has been awarded £4,100 after being prescribed double his usual dose of medication that led to six months of pain and suffering. Bernard Miller, 94 from Nottingham,…
A mother has received £130,000 as a medical negligence settlement after the hospital that delivered her baby using forceps resulted in years of physical and mental pain. The claimant, 33,…
In response to a recent study that reported, ‘One in four NHS wards has dangerously low numbers of nurses’, our Medical Negligence Solicitor, Bethany Hodgkins believes there is a correlation…
Comment written by Molly Barker, Trainee Solicitor within Fletchers Solicitors Medical Negligence Department. The Lord Chancellor, David Gauke recently announced that the first review of the discount rate under the…
