Medical Negligence

Some families who we represent have now received the report detailing the findings of a Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) investigation into the performance of Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) paediatric surgery department – and in particular, Yaser Jabbar orthopaedic surgeon. And, although the report is heavily redacted, I have no doubt it will still […]

A Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) investigation into the treatment of hundreds of children by a surgeon found to have caused harm to patients has now been extended to four more London hospitals, it has been confirmed to our clients. Following a Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) review last year, which investigated the care provided […]

Hudgell Solicitors are representing the families of a number of children treated by surgeon Mr Yaser Jabbar over a number of years at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Statement from solicitor Caroline Murgatroyd, of Hudgell Solicitors Some of our clients have been contacted with details of initial findings of the Royal College of Surgeons’ (RCS) reviews […]

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 […]

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 […]

A woman whose baby was stillborn due to mistakes midwives made during labour says she was ‘appalled’ by the lack of compassion shown – telling how she spiralled into depression and how the pain of losing her first child will never fade. Charlotte Warner, of Streatham, south London, was 23 when she lost her baby boy […]

An inquiry into maternity care has highlighted ‘shockingly poor quality’ across the UK. An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) inquiry into the birth trauma experiences of hundreds of women found good care for pregnant women to be ‘the exception rather than the rule’, with ‘poor care all too frequently tolerated as normal’. Our medical negligence lawyer Maria Repanos […]

Hudgell Solicitors has renewed its call for a Statutory Inquiry into the standard of Britain’s maternity services as a new report today highlighted the ‘shockingly poor quality’ across the UK. An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) inquiry into the birth trauma experiences of hundreds of women found good care for pregnant women to be ‘the exception rather than […]

Hudgell Solicitors has renewed its call for a Statutory Inquiry into the standard of Britain’s maternity services as a new report today highlighted the ‘shockingly poor quality’ across the UK. An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) inquiry into the birth trauma experiences of hundreds of women found good care for pregnant women to be ‘the exception […]

A Royal College of Surgeons review of Paediatric Orthopaedic services at Great Ormond Street Hospital has ‘raised concerns’ over the medical practice of surgeon Mr Yaser Jabbar. Patients treated by Mr Jabbar – who has not worked at the Trust since October 2022 – are now to have their medical records independently reviewed to check […]

Two of Hudgell Solicitors’ experienced clinical negligence team have been recognised for their industry-leading expertise with ‘specialist’ accreditations granted by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Elizabeth Maliakal and Matthew Gascoyne each already had APIL Senior Litigator status, recognising their competence and ability to identify liability, assess and self-manage clinical negligence cases through all […]

Our client Megan Royle, of Beverley, East Yorkshire, lived for two years with a cancer diagnosis – undergoing nine cycles of treatment and requiring egg preservation due to treatment posing a risk to her fertility – to then be told she’d been wrongly diagnosed and had never had cancer at all. Megan was referred for a […]