Clinical negligence litigation tends to focus on the individual harm arising from errors in diagnosis or treatment of disease and illness. Compensation is awarded to the individual (or their estate if fatal) for the harm caused. On a wider scale, however, every year thousands of deaths are caused by social and economic inequality in the… Read More: Deaths in the UK caused by inequality »
This client, Mr G, a 59 year old man, was awarded damages after sustaining hearing loss following a negligent overdose of furosemide whilst in the care of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. In early 2022 the client was admitted to the Defendant Trust with complications of a chest infection. He was diagnosed with an… Read More: Overdose of furosemide leading to hearing loss »
On 27 January 2023, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust was fined £800,000 by the Care Quality Commission after admitting it failed to provide safe care and treatment for a mother and her baby. Wynter Andrews died 23 minutes after being born by emergency caesarean section on 15 September 2019 at Queen’s Medical Centre. An investigation… Read More: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust fined by CQC »
There have been 2 medical news stories recently, both of which highlight the importance of the human factor in where things can go wrong. The first reported that the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman had used its powers for the first time to raise ‘serious concerns’ about University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. The focus of… Read More: The human factor in patient safety »