Wakefield Personal Injury Blog
Electric issue sparks fire in family home
Posted: February 15, 2016
Posted in: Workplace Injuries 

Southampton City Council has moved a family to emergency accommodation following a fire that took place in their ninth floor flat in Graham Street, in St Mary’s, on Saturday at 8pm. The fire started in an electrical fuse box at the premises and it took fire fighters an hour to get the blaze under control. The fire […]
Read MoreCare home boss admits manslaughter through dehydration & malnutrition
Posted: February 9, 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Care home boss, 47-year-old Yousaf Khan, was sentenced to three years and two months in jail by Nottingham Crown Court after he admitted to manslaughter. Khan, of Nelson Road, Nottingham, was in charge of Autumn Grange care home in Sherwood Rise in 2012, where Ivy Atkin died of dehydration and malnutrition. Social services have called on […]
Read MoreA&E pressure in Kettering as it sees 30% rise in patients
Posted: January 31, 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence 

The Accident and Emergency department of Kettering General Hospital is experiencing the busiest week in its history to the extent that the NHS trust is cancelling and rearranging non-urgent operations and appointments to allow doctors and nurses to support the struggling department. Dr Andrew Chilton, the hospital’s Medical Director, has said: “The message to patients […]
Read MoreOverwhelmed NHS trust’s A&E and maternity units “unsafe”
Posted: January 30, 2016
Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Services at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust have been deemed “unsafe” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and an inspector has recommended that the hospital should be placed into special measures. It was found that there was a lack of staff in maternity and A&E and reported that nine babies had died in the womb in one […]
Read More“Inadequate and insufficient” mental health care
Posted: January 24, 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence Public Transport Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have been accused of failing to handle adequately the transportation of a mentally ill patient from St John’s hospital in Leeds to a mental health hospital in April 2015. North Yorkshire Coroner, Michael Oakley, described the arrangements as “inadequate and insufficient” as he recorded an open verdict at the […]
Read MoreLack of staff leads to closure of fertility service
Posted: January 19, 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Difficulty in recruiting Embryologists at the University Hospital of Hartlepool has resulted in the withdrawal of fertility services by North Tees and Hartlepool Trust at the end of March 2016. The closing of the facility, which carries out approximately 250 In Vitro Fertilisations (IVF) cycles per annum, will mean that patients who are struggling to […]
Read MoreDog owner fined £1,000 after attack in bar
Posted: December 31, 2015
Posted in: Animal Attacks Head and Brain Injuries Public Place Accidents Restaurant Accidents 

A dog owner from north Wales has been ordered to pay a young girl £1,000 in compensation after his dog attacked her in a bar. The German Pointer had been wandering around inside The Cuckoo Club last August when a nine-year-old girl bent down to stroke it. CCTV footage from inside the bar shows the […]
Read MoreNHS birthing error sees £11m payout to cerebral palsy sufferer
Posted: December 30, 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence 

An NHS trust has paid out £11.5 million in compensation to a boy that now suffers with cerebral palsy as a result of birthing complications. Now 5-years-old, the boy was delivered at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, where hospital staff admitted that had he been born 11 minutes earlier, he would not have suffered any […]
Read MorePlans to change cycling injury compensation claims
Posted: December 26, 2015
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents No Win No Fee Road Traffic Accidents Whiplash Injuries 

As part of his autumn budget this year, Chancellor George Osbourne has announced plans to radically change the rules surrounding compensation claims for cyclists. Currently, cyclists can claim compensation for damage to equipment and injury through the courts using “no win, no fee” solicitors. The proposals are expected to save the insurance industry around £1 billion a […]
Read MoreConcerns over winter pressure on A&E as doctors feel unequipped
Posted: December 20, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence 

According to emergency doctors, A&E departments across the country are not equipped to deal with winter pressure. Concerns were raised following the weekly update of A&E performance by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. It revealed that 9 in 10 hospitals have increased bed numbers, yet continue to struggle with the rising demands. The RCEM’s […]
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