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Mismanagement of head injuries in A&E – common themes from medical negligence claims
Posted: 04/09/2023
One of the issues that we deal with regularly as a clinical negligence team is management of head injuries and signs of brain injury within emergency departments. The role of the emergency department is essentially to identify those patients with conditions that require urgent attention and ensure a treatment pathway for them......>>
Negotiations lead to settlement of claim against East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for delay in diagnosis of cervical cancer
Posted: 30/08/2023
The specialist cancer claims team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has settled a claim against East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a client whose cervical cancer diagnosis was negligently delayed by six months. The claimant attended the defendant’s hospital in November 2020 with heavy vaginal bleeding including the passing of clots......>>
Negligence claim settled with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for errors in interpretation of breast cancer histopathology
Posted: 24/08/2023
The specialist cancer claims team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has settled a claim for a young woman whose breast cancer hormone status was wrongly managed after medical professionals at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust negligently misinterpreted histopathology samples they had taken from her. The claimant was diagnosed with......>>
Negligent care by hospital consultants: Spire Healthcare works to minimise adverse patient outcomes
Posted: 01/08/2023
Over the last few years, concerns have been raised about several surgeons who practised at Spire Healthcare hospitals - although none of them exclusively. The most well known investigations have related to Ian Paterson, Anthony Dixon and John Hutchinson but Spire is also looking into care provided by John Williamson and Munawar Shah......>>
Jose Duarte Tavares – ENT surgeon based in Southampton struck off UK medical register
Posted: 22/06/2023
The BMJ reported this week (20 June) that Jose Duarte Tavares, a general ENT (ear nose and throat surgeon) working at the Southampton Treatment Centre (operated by Care UK), has been struck off the medical register, having been found by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service to have undertaken surgical procedures for which he was......>>
Clinical guidelines and the law of negligence: the relationship between protocol and medical judgement in assessing an appropriate standard of care
Posted: 20/02/2023
When investigating a clinical negligence claim, solicitors are always focused on whether the care provided met an acceptable standard of care. The treatment need not have been gold standard, it need not have been what all clinicians would have done but it does need to meet an acceptable standard. In the context of negligence......>>
Personal injury and clinical negligence team recognised by The Times Best Law Firms 2023, capping off year of success
Posted: 07/12/2022
Penningtons Manches Cooper’s combined personal injury and clinical negligence team has been commended in The Times Best Law Firms 2023, in recognition of the department’s high quality of work. The list highlights the top legal practices in England and Wales. Inclusion in these rankings is particularly special......>>
Stroke awareness: delayed diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and avoidable strokes
Posted: 13/07/2022
Recognition of the signs and symptoms of strokes and the need for prompt action in the face of these signs have received significant public profile in the last few years. However, an area where people are perhaps less aware of a link between action and outcome is atrial fibrillation, in particular, the implications in terms of stroke risk for a patient......>>
Consent and capacity to consent – when can the patient’s wishes be overridden?
Posted: 12/07/2022
Last year, in the case of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust v GH [2021] EWCOP 18, the court was asked to consider a scenario in which a patient (GH) provided informed and valid consent to treatment, but later sought to withhold that consent, in circumstances where the clinicians caring for her felt that she lacked capacity to make that decision......>>
Defendants destroying evidence in a negligence or injury claim – what can the court do?
Posted: 01/03/2022
One of the issues that we regularly come across as claimant clinical negligence and personal injury solicitors is missing documentation. Ultimately, while witness evidence is important in a case, documentary evidence is often more compelling to a court. A claimant has to prove their case, and the starting point is often documentation......>>
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