Case studies

We have settled a clinical negligence claim brought for a delayed diagnosis of breast cancer.

We have settled a claim in relation to a delayed diagnosis and treatment by an NHS trust of a calf DVT (deep vein thrombosis), which led to a fatal pulmonary embolism.

We have acted in a claim on behalf of the estate and dependents of the claimant’s late wife in respect of clinical negligence arising out of the care afforded to her by a GP surgery in North Buckinghamshire.

Acting upon personal recommendation from a leading medical negligence barrister, our client instructed us to investigate a claim relating to the death of her husband after he suffered a head injury at home.

We acted for the estate of an elderly gentleman who suffered severe scalding injuries after falling whilst left unattended in the bathroom at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, in January 2011.

We were approached by the family of Mr Thomas who died aged 81 in July 2009. He was attended at home in Esher, Surrey, by an ambulance crew to take him to hospital. Whilst being transferred to the ambulance, Mr Thomas was physically dropped and struck his head on a step.

We have acted in a number of cases where administrative errors and oversights have resulted in delays in diagnosing and treating patients, some with tragic consequences. In one case, a client attended his GP with a suspected malignant melanoma. His test results were subsequently misfiled.

Our client had known Atypical Mole Syndrome (AMS) phenotype and was recognised as being prone to skin cancer. She attended her specialist with a basal cell carcinoma on her nose that was wrongly diagnosed as actinic keratosis and was discharged.

Our client’s wife attended her GP for nearly three years complaining of bowel problems. The GP failed to consider colorectal cancer as a potential diagnosis.

We have recently settled a case in which the NHS Litigation Authority accepted that our client had a high prospect of being cured had she been treated properly. Instead, at the age of 42, she tragically died when a malignant ovarian cyst was not diagnosed for over eight months.

We are pursuing in the High Court a claim arising from a missed diagnosis of renal cancer. Our client has tragically died as a result and we now pursue the claim on behalf of his widow and estate.

In this case, an elderly patient in hospital with a known bowel obstruction collapsed.