Wakefield Personal Injury Blog
Hospital death due to missed penicillin allergy warnings
Posted: October 31, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
65-year-old Susan Hammond died in hospital after staff failed to recognise her allergic reaction to prescribed medication. Mrs Hammond had originally been admitted to hospital with a severe chest infection, but then suffered a severe allergic reaction to the penicillin they subscribed her, despite two previous allergic reactions to the drug, which resulted in her […]
Read MoreBasildon hospital finally covers nurse shortages
Posted: October 21, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
A total of £3m has been spent by Basildon hospital over the last two years in an attempt to fill the major nursing gaps that were causing it to struggle with providing high quality care. In July, Basildon hospital was placed under ‘special measures’ following the Keogh review, which uncovered the hospital’s worryingly high death […]
Read MoreCoach crash sees 13 injured
Posted: October 14, 2013
Posted in: Public Transport Road Traffic Accidents
After a coach crashed into a lorry on the A1 in Cambridgeshire early yesterday morning, thirteen people have required hospital treatment. The coach, which had been carrying over 40 passengers, had been returning to Newcastle from a work night out in London when it collided with a lorry on the northbound carriageway between Brampton and Buckden […]
Read MoreNew cycle lanes open following cyclist death
Posted: October 8, 2013
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
After Jo Walters died in a cycling accident in 2010, her sister encouraged the opening of new bus and cycle lanes in Brighton to prevent further accidents. 28-year-old Jo Walters died after having to swerve on the A270 (Lewes Road) in order to avoid another cyclist. Since the accident, her sister and family commissioned a report that […]
Read MoreCardiologist’s work restricted due to poor practice concerns
Posted: September 30, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
A cardiologist working in Cornwall – yet to be named – has had their work restricted after routine screening identified “potential” concerns in their clinical practice. The Royal Cornwall Hospital’s Trust (RCHT) has chosen not to name the consultant cardiologist involved, but has written to patients who may have been affected by their poor practice. Director […]
Read More£45,000 worth of claims against Blackpool schools
Posted: September 22, 2013
Posted in: Public Place Accidents School Accidents Workplace Injuries Workplace Slip
Blackpool council is currently facing £45,000 worth of compensation claims from pupils, staff and visitors of their schools. Between September 2010 and May 2013, a Freedom of Information request found that 36 claims for personal injury compensation had been filed against the council’s primary and secondary schools. The claims range from children being “hit by a […]
Read MorePrivate NHS hospital bought over following three surgery deaths
Posted: September 16, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims Wrongful & Accidental Death
Clinic bosses have confirmed that after three patients died at Lister Hospital’s Surgicentre following routine surgery, the NHS has taken it under tight control. The privately-run NHS hospital in Stevenage provided routine surgery in areas such as throat, ear and nose, trauma, gynaecology, orthopaedics, and ophthalmology for referred NHS patients. It was failed by the Care […]
Read MoreNHS 111 health line launched in Devon after county-wide criticism
Posted: September 7, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
After being delayed since the 1st of April, an NHS non-emergency 111-telephone number has been launched in Devon. While 999 remains as the UK’s primary emergency number, 111 has been introduced to replace NHS Direct, providing free advice to people with urgent, but not life-threatening, symptoms. The NHS 111 helpline has been continuously criticised since its […]
Read MoreHospital prosecuted over patient death
Posted: August 30, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
Gillian Astbury (66), died in April 2007 after entering a diabetic coma at Stafford Hospital. The Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust is to be prosecuted after two of their nurses failed to provide the much-needed insulin to Mrs. Astbury. Chief executive of the trust, Maggie Oldham, apologised for the “appalling care” that Mrs. Astbury had received prior to […]
Read MoreHospital fails to meet all five key standards
Posted: August 22, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Norfolk has raised “real concern” after a recent inspection report, said The Care Quality Commission (CQC). CQC inspectors visited the hospital during three days in May, which revealed a failure to meet all five key standards of operation in health care. The hospital’s failure to meet three of these standards was […]
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