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Mother-of-five died from sepsis weeks after having an abortion despite contacting GP

Posted on 03rd November 2021 in Medical Negligence

Despite reaching out several times to her local GP, failings in her care were evident.

Posted by

Endurance Arthur

Partner and Solicitor

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Anne's Erb's Palsy Story

Posted on 18th October 2021 in Medical Negligence

Anne shares her powerful Erb's Palsy story, and how it has impacted both her and her families lives.

Posted by

Kate Stone

Associate & Solicitor

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Amanda's Erb's Palsy Story

Posted on 18th October 2021 in Medical Negligence

Amanda shares her powerful Erb's Palsy story, and how it has impacted both her and her families lives.

Posted by

Simon Mansfield

Partner and Solicitor

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Alfie's Erb's Palsy Story

Posted on 18th October 2021 in Medical Negligence

Alfie shares his powerful Erb's Palsy story, and how it has impacted both his and his families lives.

Posted by

Kate Stone

Associate & Solicitor

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Charlotte's Erb's Palsy Story

Posted on 18th October 2021 in Medical Negligence

Charlotte shares her powerful Erb's Palsy story, and how it has impacted both her and her families lives.

Posted by

Simon Mansfield

Partner and Solicitor

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Traumatic birth leaves mum with a colostomy bag and PTSD

Posted on 23rd September 2021 in Medical Negligence

In 2017 former triathlete Kayleigh Adams’ life was turned upside down after giving birth to her first child. The trauma of the birth left the now 25 year old with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Posted by

Endurance Arthur

Partner and Solicitor

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Unsafe Maternity care has cost the NHS £8.2bn in 15 years

Posted on 22nd September 2021 in Medical Negligence

Having obtained figures from NHS Resolution the Independent reports on the cost of maternity negligence claims over the last 15 years. 

Posted by

Clair Hemming

Partner and Solicitor

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Maternity wards still not improved despite a series of recent scandals

Posted on 21st September 2021 in Medical Negligence

Care Qualify Commission has voiced concern that mothers’ and babies are being put at risk of injury and death because too many maternity units have not improved.

Posted by

Simon Mansfield

Partner and Solicitor

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Retired NHS worker passed away due to a misplaced feeding tube

Posted on 20th September 2021 in Medical Negligence

A 77 year old lady from southeast London, Maura Irwin, suffered a ‘slow and painful’ death due to medics accidentally putting her feeding tube into her lungs.

Posted by

Endurance Arthur

Partner and Solicitor

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Duty of care in wrongful birth

Posted on 30th June 2021 in Medical Negligence

A recent case has given clarity regarding the extent of compensation that should be awarded where  injuries did not relate to the advice sought from a doctor. The supreme Court considered the extent of a doctor’s duty of care in view of what compensation should be paid.

Posted by

Michelle Beckett

Senior Associate & Solicitor

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Patient given wrong medicine for surgery

Posted on 23rd June 2021 in Medical Negligence

It was reported that in 2018 a hospital drug mix up meant a 77-year-old lady from Plymouth, Devon, was wide awake during her heart surgery at Derriford Hospital.

Posted by

Endurance Arthur

Partner and Solicitor

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Corporate manslaughter considered in maternity scandal involving 200 families

Posted on 24th May 2021 in Medical Negligence

Last year Dr Bill Kirkup, the expert who led the investigation into maternity fallings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, was called in to review the circumstances of maternity deaths at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust after the Independent revealed that scores of babies had died at the trust between 2014 and 2018, while more than 100 others suffered brain damage during birth.

Posted by

Simon Mansfield

Partner and Solicitor