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, […]
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 […]
A coroner has agreed to call an inquest into the death of a 20-year amateur footballer who died of sepsis almost two years ago. It comes after concerns were raised – and failings have now been admitted – with regards to his treatment by health services. Luke Abrahams, from East Hunsbury, died at Northampton General […]
Hudgell Solicitors has secured a damages settlement worth up to £23.7m for a 20-year-old who was born with Cerebral Palsy due to the negligent treatment provided to his mother during pregnancy. The settlement was agreed between legal representatives and approved in the High Court almost three years after a Judge ruled that Nottingham University Hospitals […]
The parents of a teenage boy whose leg ‘snapped’ just weeks after Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon Yaser Jabbar had performed surgery on it say he ‘destroyed years of progress’, leading to their son undergoing an amputation. The boy, from Essex, was transferred to the care of the specialist world-renowned London hospital having been born […]
The father of a girl who has been found to have suffered harm at the hands of Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon Yaser Jabbar says he was ‘clearly working to his own agenda’ and should have been stopped sooner. Dean Stalham’s daughter Bunty was born with a rare bone disease which caused her left tibia […]
A woman has been awarded £82,500 damages from healthcare providers after suffering damage from surgical negligence to an internal organ during a hysterectomy procedure which she had not fully consented, leaving her needing further surgery, The woman, who was 49 years old at the time, was an NHS patient who had the surgery at Trent […]
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