In the UK around 100,000 people suffer a stroke each year. It remains one of the leading causes of death. Although someone suffers a stroke every five minutes, an increasing number survive due to early diagnosis and treatment as well as clinical innovations; there are an estimated 1.3 million people in the UK who are […]
A hospital trust has admitted putting a mum through four rounds of chemotherapy which she didn’t need – with the error only discovered after she researched the recommended treatment and information herself. Jodi Huggett, 41, took legal action against Hull and East Yorkshire Hospital’s NHS Trust after discovering her chemotherapy treatment following an operation to […]
A medical negligence solicitor says a hospital specialist’s decision not to carry out a colonoscopy on a women displaying ‘red flag’ symptoms of bowel cancer was ‘completely inexcusable’ – and one which independent experts say cost the woman at least 10 years of life. Mary Badham had visited her GP with classic symptoms of bowel […]
A girl who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 12 says she wants other young children who find themselves in a similar position to ‘know they are not alone’, and that they can find the support to help them adapt and live with the illness. Hope Rooms clearly remembers being told the life-changing […]