A woman who suffered a severe loss of vision in her left eye has been awarded £40,000 compensation by a Hospital Trust due to delays in her being seen by specialists. Having suffered from blurred vision in her left eye, the woman visited her GP, and then her opticians, and although reassured she had not […]
The family of a young woman who had a severe eating disorder and died of organ failure after months of resisting foods and fluids in hospital say she would still be alive today – with ‘so much to look forward to’ – had she been admitted to a specialist unit. Caris Graham, 22, of Brampton, […]
Nathalie Perriman had been skiing for more than 50 years without ever having an accident on the slopes – until 2023 when another skier came too close and collided with her skis from behind. A proficient skier and passionate about safety, Nathalie spent more than a week in an Austrian hospital with eight fractured ribs […]
A Government scheme which compensates innocent victims of violent crime has awarded damages to a third ex-student of a former North Devon boarding school in relation to allegations of abuse in the 1970s and 80s. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) has now awarded more than £230,000 in damages relating to the alleged abuse of […]
A student who suffered life-changing, catastrophic injuries when a drink-driver crashed into a bus shelter he was waiting at says his future is now uncertain. He was 24 when he woke up in hospital with serious injuries after almost a week in a coma The man suffered a fractured skull, a bleed on the brain, […]
Families whose young children suffered from ‘constant sickness and diarrhoea’ and had to be admitted to hospital whilst staying at an all-inclusive ‘five-star’ hotel in Menorca have spoken of their ‘terrifying and traumatic’ ordeal. The children aged two, four and 10 were rushed to a local hospital and given intravenous fluids and medication after being […]
Lawyers representing former sub-postmasters who were prosecuted, sacked or made to pay back alleged branch shortfalls when using the Capture accounting system today welcomed a Government pledge to support exonerations and compensate victims. Hudgell Solicitors are already advising a significant number of former sub-postmasters who were affected between 1992 and 1999 when various versions and […]
A woman has spoken of her ‘complete disbelief’ when told that doctors had mistakenly removed the wrong rib during surgery. The patient, of East Yorkshire, had been suffering from worsening chest pains and a cough for some time, so much so it was impacting on her quality of life. Scans revealed a potential cancerous growth, […]
The mother of a 10-year-old boy has told how her son was left without feeling in his leg for more than a year – and is now unable to bend his knee at all – after undergoing treatment to relieve pain at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It comes after the family received the findings of […]
A mother-of-four had to have both breasts removed after doctors missed her cancer – causing an eight-month delay in diagnosis. Serena Russo, 54, of Worthing, West Sussex, discovered a small lump in her right breast in June 2019 and was examined at the breast clinic at Worthing Hospital. She was told her mammogram results were […]
The family of a woman who died aged 23 from a blood clot that went undiagnosed for five years say she was “badly let down” by the NHS after clinicians failed to take her health complaints seriously. Georgina Furniss from Derby, who was known as Georgie, was “the golden heart of our family,” said her […]
A South Yorkshire woman has been awarded £320,000 in damages after doctors caused damage to her bowel during surgery to remove her gallbladder. Cheryl Gravil, 61, of Doncaster, was told the surgery would be uncomplicated and that she’d spend less than a day at Doncaster Royal Infirmary before being allowed to return home. However, she […]
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