medical negligence

Six cancer sufferers who had their sperm frozen in case treatment made them infertile are appealing a court ruling that a hospital that destroyed the samples is not liable for damages.

The family of a pensioner who was given a fatal overdose by a locum has accepted accident claims compensation from the NHS.

A man who tried to kill himself has won a £90,000 payout from the hospital that saved his life.

The majority of dentists are very successful in helping their patients to achieve good oral health and ensure that they receive the best treatment possible. Unfortunately, this is not the case for all and, each year, thousands of people suffer the effects of dental negligence.

A former CIA man died after the volume of an alarm on his hospital heart monitor was turned down, an inquest has heard.

The long-awaited report from an independent inquiry into the scandal of thousands of people with haemophilia who were given infected blood is published today. The government will now come under increased pressure to forge new compensation claim payouts for the thousands of people with haemophilia who were given blood tainted with HIV and hepatitis C.

A woman from Northern Ireland has started a compensation claim against the hospital that treated her husband before his tragic death.

Industry News: Drug compensation awards

More than 59,000 people have registered for the personal injury settlement against pharmaceutical company Merck.

It was revealed last night that a woman's last chance for a child was shattered when her embryo was mistakenly implanted into the wrong patient.

A family is considering taking legal action after doctors at Wythenshawe Hospital, which is run by the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, failed to spot their grandfathers broken spine.

A diabetic butcher from Kent was admitted to East Grinstead Hospital with a sore toe in July 2004. He was treated for a toe infection and discharged however returned months later after suffering prolonged pain in the affected toe.

Medical negligence can be a common cause of illnesses, injuries and general damage to the body. Medical professionals have a lot of responsibility to ensure that their patients are diagnosed and treated correctly, but sometimes things can go wrong which can result in patients suffering badly from the damages.

A mother from Rugby, who had a swab left inside her body after having a Caesarean, has received £30,000 compensation.

According to reports today a shockingly high number of NHS patients are killed or seriously injured when mistakes are made during their treatment. The number is apparently six times higher than the 11,000 which estimates predicted

Clinical negligence payouts by the NHS in England are expected to rise by 80% next year.

NHS Trusts have set aside £713m to cover costs of personal injury claims, up from about £400m this year, figures obtained by the Tories show.

A US Court has award $6 million to a 63 year old Musician after a botched injection led to the amputation of her right arm. The woman is delighted with the payout but would still rather have her arm.

In this context the term "orthopaedic" refers to injuries involving bones, muscles and joints of the human body. There are many different types of injury in this category which may include:

A woman has made a successful personal injury compensation claim after breast reconstruction surgery went wrong.

A number of dissatisfied women who underwent breast surgery have made successful accident claims.

A 39 year old woman is claiming compensation from a Peterborough hospital.She is claiming that their failure to spot the early signs of her breast cancer led to her suffering months of unnecessary chemotherapy and significantly shortened her life expectancy.

 

A young mother is planning to launch a compensation claim after a junior doctor failed to spot that she had a broken neck.

A London woman is seeking personal injury compensation for injuries she received following treatment in a Hertfordshire beauty salon.

A woman from Andover has made a successful negligence claim against the hospital where she was born in 1988.