Articles in Clinical Negligence News
Hospital faces 37 claims over poor maternity service
Clinical Negligence News : 30 July 2012
It has been revealed that a hospital which was investigated for the poor quality of its maternity services now faces over 30 compensation claims for deaths of, or injuries to, mothers and babies.
Kane Gorny dies in hospital from dehydration after calling police to help him get drink of water
Clinical Negligence News : 6 July 2012
A 22 year old man, Kane Gorny, has died in hospital from dehydration after having previously resorted to calling the police to ask for a drink of water.
LCP is "assisted death pathway", states Professor
Clinical Negligence News : 5 July 2012
Doctors have been accused by senior consultant Professor Patrick Pullicino of using a care pathway as an equivalent of euthanasia.
Devastated family call for better post-operative care
Clinical Negligence News : 28 June 2012
The family of Ron Shute, a 74 year old man who died following a routine liver biopsy, have called for Weston General Hospital to improve its post-operative care.
Hospital negligence leads to womans suicide
Clinical Negligence News : 20 June 2012
A woman who suffered from episodes of severe depression has committed suicide by stepping in the path of a train.
Tracy Hall dies aged 38 with coroner stating a quicker diagnosis could have prevented her death
Clinical Negligence News : 13 June 2012
An inquest at Leeds Coroner’s Court has heard that a mother of two from Castleford who died due to multi-organ failure may have lived if doctors had acted quicker.
Morwenna Ganz multi-million pounds award ‘impossible’ for similar cases following limits on legal aid from April 2013
Clinical Negligence News : 1 June 2012
Morwenna Ganz, now 26, has been awarded compensation worth over £1,000,000 for the devastating brain injuries she suffered when she was 14 years old.
Margaret Burton, 90, dies after a feeding tube is inserted into her lung
Clinical Negligence News : 30 May 2012
Margaret Burton, a 90-year-old former shop owner died following the incorrect insertion of a feeding tube into her lung instead of her stomach.
Premature twins in “good” state die after being given fatal overdose of morphine at Stafford Hospital
Clinical Negligence News : 29 May 2012
Newborn twins Alfie and Harry McQuillin were given more than 10 times the prescribed amount of morphine at Stafford Hospital, an inquest has heard.
NHS set to impose £500 fines on hospitals who allow their patients to suffer from bedsores
Clinical Negligence News : 28 May 2012
NHS bosses in Worestershire and across the region are due to be fined £500 for every time an NHS patient suffers from a serious bed sore