Personal Injury News

Parents call for trailer MOTs

Posted: April 10, 2015

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Distraught parents, Scott and Donna Hussey, have called for trailers to undergo MOTs after their son, Freddie, died from fatal head injuries when he was hit by an uncoupled trailer. The driver of the Land Rover pulling the trailer, 37-year-old Tony Davies from Hallen near Bristol, was given 200 hours of community service and disqualified from […]

Misdiagnosis woman wins compensation

Posted: April 1, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

A woman has been awarded more than £2m in compensation after hospital staff misdiagnosed her back problem, leaving her disabled. Heather Tait (34), from Sutton Coldfield, was discharged from Cheltenham General Hospital without an MRI scan after complaining of back pain in 2009. It was later found that she actually had a collapsed disc, but […]

Care home criticised over health and safety failings

Posted: March 21, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

A recent Care Quality Commission inspection highlighted numerous failings at a care home in Kent. The report, which was published on 20 March, highlighted that Copper Beaches care home in Borstal, near Rochester, did not follow national health and safety regulations, and many accidents and incidents were going unreported. The report was published after two […]

Negligent dentist struck off register

Posted: March 19, 2015

Posted in: Dental Negligence Medical Negligence 

A dentist has been struck off the register after he failed to disclose the fact that he was under investigation for misconduct and negligence. It was uncovered in a review that the Hove dentist had not informed the East Sussex Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust that he was being investigated for misconduct. The General […]

Operation backlog unacceptable

Posted: March 7, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

New figures have revealed that over 900 operations were cancelled for ‘non-medical reasons’ since the beginning of the year. Almost half of these, 436, were due to be carried out at Gloucestershire’s two major hospitals during a fortnight of extreme pressure on the NHS. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust released figures, following a freedom of information […]

Shortage of medical cover for detainees

Posted: March 2, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

A health worker in the east of England has warned that the lives of detainees in police custody are potentially being put at risk due to a shortage of medical staff.  Where previously there was one doctor per county, the situation now is that there is one doctor to cover every custody suite in Bedfordshire, […]

GP shortages put pressure on doctors and patients

Posted: March 2, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

A recent investigation into the national shortage of GPs has found that many have abandoned the profession, and junior doctors are avoiding the position with the view that it is an “unglamorous” career. Figures reveal that these factors have caused the number of unfilled GP positions to quadruple in the last three years – leaving […]

Patient in 16-hour trolley wait

Posted: February 24, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

A patient was left for 16-hours on a trolley with severe breathing problems after the hospital she was being treated in was put on “black alert”. The woman was admitted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital last Monday, but was told that there were no available beds or pillows for her due to increased pressure on […]

Nurse shortages proving serious

Posted: February 5, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Recently released data has revealed that hospitals in Devon and Cornwall are facing their “worst shortage yet” of nurses. It was exposed following a Freedom of Information request that health trusts in Devon and Cornwall had around 800 nursing vacancies at the end of January. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that a lack […]

Boy injured from cliff fall

Posted: February 1, 2015

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Public Place Accidents 

A 12-year-old boy has suffered severe injuries after falling down a cliff in East Sussex. The boy, who remains unnamed, fell down the 30ft cliff edge on the West Hill in Hastings at around 12.30pm yesterday (31 January). He landed in a gully close by a café. A fire crew was immediately contacted, and an […]