A review into treatment provided by a children’s surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital has raised questions over whether he was suitably qualified and trained to lead the treatment of patients – following concerns that ‘serious harm’ was caused to his patients. Hudgell Solicitors is representing the families of a number of children treated by […]
A hospital trust has admitted its errors led to a 14-month delay in diagnosing a patient’s lung cancer – causing her to have less precious time left with her loved ones. Eileen Peacock died aged 72 in December 2021, having known for her final 16 months that a hospital’s error had reduced her life expectancy. […]
A “series of errors and misjudgments” in mental health care led a man being discharged, despite repeatedly not taking medication and showing signs of aggression, months before he killed three people in Nottingham, a report has concluded. A review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of the treatment that Valdo Calocane received from Nottinghamshire Healthcare […]
UK Government figures show around 2,500 British people find themselves in a foreign hospital each year – many of those will be on their summer holidays. Hudgell Solicitors’ specialist accidents abroad legal team has been giving advice to radio and TV audiences this week about what they should do if they’ve been injured while on holiday. If […]
Lawyers specialising in representing people wrongfully convicted as part of the Post Office Horizon scandal have welcomed the launch of a new scheme today under which hundreds of newly exonerated people will be able to claim compensation. Hudgell Solicitors have been central to the fight for justice for former Post Office workers for the past five years, […]
UK veterans who served at the United States military base Camp Lejeune and were potentially exposed to contaminated drinking water have been “let down” by the Ministry of Defence says a former army officer. In a least a dozen cases retired armed forces personnel believe their time spent at the US Marine training facility in North Carolina may have […]
Martin Hibbert says he should never have had to go to court to hear allegations that the attack was ‘fake’. Coming to the conclusion of his four-day trial in London, Martin said: I would like to thank my team at Hudgell Solicitors and my barrister Jonathan Price. They and I believe this has been an […]
A mother who was not informed her baby was at risk of being born with a life-threatening illness has received £75,000 from a health trust, after it accepted failing them. The girl was born in July 2020 at Hull’s Women and Children’s Hospital, but died two months later. Following legal action led by Hudgell Solicitors, […]
Health officials have admitted failings in care led to a 40-year-old mother-of-three’s death as her heart condition was undiagnosed, despite her repeatedly fainting. Doctors failed to diagnose Rose Fuentebaja’s life-threatening irregular heart rhythm and mistakenly believed the issue to be neurological, rather than cardiac, even though she had been in hospital a week. Following legal […]
Charlotte Warner’s first child was stillborn due to mistakes midwives made during labour. Maternity staff stopped taking regular heart readings despite having induced labour. Charlotte was just 23 when she lost CJ as midwives failed to notice he was being starved of oxygen. A Serious Incident Investigation (SRI) into the care provided by St George’s […]
The families of the victims of the Nottingham attacks have vowed to take their fight for accountability “to the next level” on the one-year anniversary of the killings. In a joint statement, the families of Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates, who were killed by Valdo Calocane in the early hours of 13 June […]
Solicitor Neil Hudgell says Subpostmasters want former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells to keep to her promise to ensure they ‘get the answers they deserve’ when she gives evidence at the Public Inquiry this week. Ms Vennells will be questioned over three consecutive days from Wednesday to Friday. She was Chief Executive Officer of […]