Wakefield Personal Injury Blog
Ex-staffordshire nurse struck off after numerous complaints
Posted: January 30, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
Following the Stafford Hospital scandal in 2009, the director of nursing has agreed to be removed from the register. Janice Harry, the most senior nurse of the hospital, had been given a five-year caution after other members of staff made multiple allegations against her. Recently retired, Janice Harry has come to an agreement with the nursing […]
Read MoreLaunch of road safety campaign following 7 deaths
Posted: January 22, 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
Having seen 7 deaths in the last nine years, campaigners are calling for road safety measures to be improved on a road in North Yorkshire. A meeting was held about the road on Tuesday, whereby the Wharram-le-Street Parish Council discussed where improvements could be made. The chairman of the parish council, Roger Kay, said that a […]
Read MorePostwoman urges owners to control dogs following attack
Posted: January 15, 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks Leg Injuries Workplace Injuries
29-year-old Helen Burgin has made a plea to dog owners to control their pets after she was left “scarred for live” following a brutal dog attack. The postwoman had been delivering mail on the Moss estate in August when a dog attacked her, leaving her with severe leg injuries. It was heard that at the time […]
Read More999 delay caused patient death
Posted: December 31, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
After cancer patient Ben Horne was found collapsed in a hotel room on Boxing Day, his friends believed that he would have survived if paramedics had arrived sooner. Sandi Logan and Richard Hunt phoned for an ambulance on Thursday after discovering their friend collapsed in a hotel room in Southsea – they waited for almost half […]
Read MorePassenger of taxi seriously injured in hit-and-run crash
Posted: December 28, 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents Head and Brain Injuries Public Transport Road Traffic Accidents Whiplash Injuries
A teenage boy has suffered serious injuries after the taxi he was travelling in was involved in a hit-and-run crash on Christmas Day. The accident happened at the junction of Church Road and Sackville Road in Hove at 23:00 GMT on Christmas Day. Both victims were immediately taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance. The 16-year-old boy […]
Read MoreHospital overdose murder probe
Posted: December 15, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
A Norfolk NHS Hospital health worker will face no further action after being arrested on suspicion of murder through medical malpractice earlier in the year. 76-year-old James May died of heart failure at the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, after which a member of staff was arrested in October as part of a medical negligence investigation. This […]
Read MoreEx-Stafford chief nurse caution “too lenient”
Posted: December 1, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
A health regulator has made an appeal to alter the discipline of Stafford Hospital’s former chief nurse after the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) made a far too “lenient” decision. Following the Stafford Hospital scandal, the NMC agreed that ex-chief nurse Janice Harry was still fit to practice but gave her a five-year caution order. The Professional […]
Read MoreHospital apologises for fatal drug administration
Posted: November 26, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised for the death of Colin Whalley after health workers at Whiston Hospital in Prescot gave him a fatal dose of medication through a drip two years ago. Initially taken into the hospital for breathing problems, Mr Whalley was administered a large dose of aminophylline, which was […]
Read MoreHeadphone ban for cyclists considered by mayor after multiple deaths
Posted: November 20, 2013
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
After this week saw the sixth cyclist death on London’s roads in two-weeks, Mayor of London Boris Johnson believes that there should be a ban on cyclists wearing headphones. With many new methods of tackling the problem being suggested every day, Boris Johnson believes that cyclists’ ability to hear could be a highly contributory factor […]
Read MoreNurse guilty of misconduct for putting hospital patients at risk
Posted: November 9, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
Having worked at Stafford Hospital from 1998-2006, former chief nurse Janice Harry has been cautioned for leaving patients at risk by not staffing the wards properly. During her eight years at the hospital, it was found that inadequate nursing was provided to the A&E department and two other wards. Having been found guilty of this misconduct, […]
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