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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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 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…
