. The parent of an 11 year old boy is bringing forward a claim against the family dentist on behalf of her child, under medical negligence....
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. A contracting firm was sentenced today after workers at a major renovation site in Plymouth were exposed to asbestos containing material.
The company was fined...
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. Employees at a North Devon decorating supplies firm were not provided with hot water to wash their hands for years, despite being at risk of...
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. A caravan at a site in Cornwall was rented out without gas safety certificates.
The site's owner was given a two year conditional discharge at...
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. One child who received the accidental overdose has since died; an autopsy will be performed to determine whether heparin was a factor in the baby's...
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. A remarkable young boy who suffered through medical negligence has cerebral palsy as a result of the mismanagement of his birth. Medical staff failed to...
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. A hospital has been found to have given out repeat misdiagnosis reports to patients, according to a recent report commissioned by University Hospitals Bristol NHS...
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. A family are seeking a multi-million pound compensation claim after a member died following surgical treatment.
The father of three went into hospital to...
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. A hospital based in South London has been found to contain a ‘potentially fatal’ strain of E coli. This has caused the institution to section...
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. A personal injury lawyer has spoken out about a number of hospitals, which have been labelled the ‘Dirty Dozen’, after almost 20 patients were infected...
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. A man has been awarded with a multi-million pound settlement after he suffered health issues when he donated a kidney to his father.
The...
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. Reactions have been heard after a nurse switched off her patient’s life support machine, by accident. The patient had been paralysed from the neck down...
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. A man has received a multi million pound sum of compensation after negligent treatment at hospital. The man, who worked as a taxi driver, was...
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. Patients have been put at risk of contracting illnesses or infections as hospitals were found to be in possession of dirty equipment.
According to recent...
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. A dentist, who told a woman that her teeth would fall out unless she had an unnecessary procedure completed, has received a suspension from the...
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. A dental expert has warned patients, planning to go abroad, to be aware of persistent tactics that he noticed taking place.
The dental expert who...
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. A woman’s husband died due to a blunder on the behalf of the medical professional team attending to his operation, is now preparing to sue...
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. As part of an interim settlement, a four year old girl left disabled due to medical negligence has won her compensation claim.
The family...
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. It has emerged that a woman from Ilkley has launched a medical negligence claim against a consultant anaesthetist.
The compensation claim focuses on an alleged...
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. Latest figures have revealed that medical negligence claims have slightly decreased in Scotland.
The reduction comes after the number of personal injury and...
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. It has been revealed that a female patient had to be tested for HIV after an anaesthetist pricked himself on a needle he was removing...
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. A woman has received a multi-million pound medical negligence claim award after a string of blunders ruined her life.
The patient was admitted to...
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. A compensation claim award has been made to the relatives of a patient who was killed as a result of professional negligence.
The...
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. A 23-month-old boy’s family are seeking legal action after alleging that the toddler was left brain damaged because of professional negligence.
They are...
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. It has been revealed that women who suffered from medical negligence after a series of botched bladder operations took place, have five more months...
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. Due to the rising number of medical negligence claims in Ireland, a major conference on professional negligence issues was held in Dublin this week....
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. A newborn baby died after her lungs burst when she was being mistakenly flooded with oxygen.
An inquest heard yesterday that the baby died...
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. A haemophiliac man from Norwich, who was infected with hepatitis C via bad blood he received from the NHS, has said he will continue his...
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. The husband of a woman who died after gross medical negligence at a private clinic, has received £260,000 in damages.
The 50 year old...
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. An 18-year-old leukaemia sufferer has died after doctors wrongly injected a powerful anti-cancer drug into his spine.
The young man had been receiving treatment...
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. A surgeon is being investigated for medical negligence after he was found to have removed a patient’s testicle by mistake.
The surgeon was operating...
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. The family of a Leicestershire man who died after a fall from his mountain bike has blamed medical negligence for his death.
His parents said...
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. According to shock new figures, medical negligence by the NHS in Sheffield cost more than £5.6 million in one year.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals -...
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. A woman who nearly died from a misdiagnosed blood-clot in her lung will receive a five-figure medical negligence claim payout.
She was told by...
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. Around 800,000 people can have their organs removed without consent after a huge case of medical negligence affected the UK donor register.
Families have been...
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. A man who was badly injured in an accident and suffered 30 per cent burns to his body, is filing a medical negligence case ....
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. Health trusts in Merseyside and Cheshire have paid more than £25 million in compensation claims over 2008-09, it has been revealed.
According to reports,...
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. A hospital has apologised to the family of a deceased male patient for the medical negligence that led to his death.
The man had...
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. A health board in Wales has been ordered to pay a six-figure compensation claim sum, to the parents of a boy who has been disabled...
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. A hospital under South London NHS Trust has come under criticism for refusing a dying patient a glass of water.
After nurses ignored his...
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. A girl left disabled after a shocking medical negligence case has been awarded £7 million in a compensation claim award.
This is said to...
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. The family of a woman who died after gross medical negligence by hospital staff, has won £30,000 in compensation claims.
It was revealed that...
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. A patient was left infertile after doctors operating on him removed the wrong testicle.
Details of the medical negligence surfaced this week after the hospital...
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. A hospital in Liverpool whose staff indulged in gross medical negligence, is facing a compensation claims bill of up to £10million.
The medical negligence occurred...
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. A woman has been awarded a compensation claim payout of £1 million for a medical negligence case.
The case alleges a delay by doctors...
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. The gross medical negligence by a nurse left a six-year-old boy blind in one eye for almost a week.
The incident occurred after surgical glue...
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. A man has won a vital round in his fight for millions, in medical negligence compensation.
Currently he is confined to a wheelchair because of...
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. A nine-year-old boy is in line for a substantial payout after gross medical negligence caused by hospital staff during his birth.
The boy was deprived...
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. According to a new documentary, more than half of NHS trusts inspected last year were wrongly reported on their standards of care.
This incorrect assessment...
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. Everyday ten new mothers lodge a complaint about the appalling treatment they receive in NHS maternity wards, it has been revealed.
The information and related...
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