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Portal won’t cope with extension, says Law Society
In its response to the Ministry of Justice’s call for evidence on personal injury claims published today, the Society argues the portal is ‘just about capable’ of dealing with the existing RTA claims load. That burden will inevitably rise if the government succeeds in raising the RTA limit from £10,000…
Morwenna Ganz multi-million pounds award ‘impossible’ for similar cases following limits on legal aid from April 2013
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. This will be used to fund the specialist equipment and around the clock care that Morwenna now needs for the rest of her life. During a…
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Margaret Burton, 90, dies after a feeding tube is inserted into her lung
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. Mrs Burton suffered complications as a result of the error and subsequently died of pneumonia on March 31st 2009. Mrs Burton was first taken into North Tees…
Premature twins in “good” state die after being given fatal overdose of morphine at Stafford Hospital
Newborn twins Alfie and Harry McQuillin were said to be in a “good” state throughout the first few hours of their lives, despite the fact that they had been born 13 weeks premature at Stafford Hospital. The twins were moved to a baby unit at the University Hospital of North…
NHS set to impose £500 fines on hospitals who allow their patients to suffer from bedsores
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. The new system, which will be introduced by the NHS Midlands and East Strategic Health Authority in December 2012, aims to significantly lower the…
Regulation of Claims Management Companies set to be tightened following Ministry of Justice consultation
The Ministry of Justices’ regulation of claims management companies is due to be concentrated on in a planned consultation on how the regulating can be tightened. The plans were confirmed by a Ministry of Justice spokesman who did not specify a date for the consultation. As of yet, the Ministry…
NHS pay multi million pound compensation after removing the wrong part of paramedics brain
Retired paramedic John Tunney, 63, has been awarded a seven-figure sum from University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS trust after they admitted liability for removing the wrong part of his brain. Mr Tunney, who had worked for the West Midlands Ambulance Service for 23 years had initially had blood tests…
GPs at risk of facing medical negligence claims as new research discovers 1 in 20 prescriptions contains an error
Research carried out by the General Medical Council based on a sample of GPs in England has found that up to 1 in 20 prescriptions contains some sort of error. A considerable amount of concern has been raised over mistakes being made by family doctors, which although largely of a…
Internationally renowned composer left wheelchair-bound after hospital misdiagnosis
Andrew Downes, an internationally renowned composer, has won his medical negligence case against Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley where he was treated after suffering a spinal cord injury. Andrew, 61, is now wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life as a consequence of the medical negligence he experienced whilst at…
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