Polski Dzial Compensation for Medical Negligence
The care received in hospitals in the UK is generally of a high standard, but sometimes mistakes are made, which can have tragic consequences for patients and their families. Misdiagnosis Leads to Fatal Injury In one such case, medical errors led to the death of a woman in Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2010. Her husband […]
Woman Awarded Compensation for Husband’s Death
A woman has been awarded compensation amounting to £335,000 after medical staff failed to prevent the death of her husband from heart failure, reports the Daily Mail. Rohan Rupasingh was only 33-years-old when he suffered a fatal heart attack. His family reportedly had a history of heart problems, and he had apparently shown worrying symptoms […]
Compensation Awarded for Medical Failings
A boy who sustained severe brain damage as a result of failings by medical staff after his birth has been awarded compensation amounting to over £6 million, reports the Doncaster Free Press. Ten-year-old Bradley Albans was born in Bassetlaw District General Hospital in Nottinghamshire and in the days following his birth he developed dangerously low […]
Family Compensated Following Hospital Death
An English NHS Trust has agreed to pay substantial compensation to the family of a patient who died after receiving substandard care at one of its hospitals, reports the Mirror. Christine Carpenter had already been diagnosed with terminal cancer when she attended the A&E department at Hull Royal Infirmary. Her husband had highlighted to staff […]
Doctors and Nurses Must Apologise for Medical Mistakes Under New Rules
According to new medical candour guidelines, midwives, nurses and doctors will be required to make verbal apologies to patients following any medical mistakes. Under new duty of candour rules, medical professionals will be encouraged to apologise as soon as they have realised there was an issue following new guidance from the General Medical Council and […]
Being Honest about Medical Mistakes
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has given its response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on imposing a ‘duty of candour’ for healthcare providers, in which it says that medical and social care staff should be open and upfront about medical mistakes. The Government launched a consultation on its statutory duty of candour proposals […]
Report Published into Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry
The recently published Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report has revealed that 143 patients tested positive for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) at the hospital during the period January 2007 to 31st December 2008, and CDI was a factor in the deaths of 34 of those patients. The report identifies a number of failings, including: The report […]
Concerns over the use of drips in the NHS
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is calling on doctors and nurses across England and Wales to become better educated in how to safely care for patients who are given fluids through a drip (intravenous fluid therapy). Although thousands of people are likely to need a drip in hospital, NICE says there […]
Compensation awarded for birth injuries
A mother has been awarded compensation after she claimed that her son’s cerebral palsy was the result of alleged medical negligence, reports the BBC. Helen Coyle’s son Ryan was born at Bellshill Maternity Hospital 20 years ago. There had been no problems with the pregnancy and she was admitted to the hospital to have her […]
Report into patient safety incidents
The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has published the latest set of Organisation Patient Safety Incident data. The figures show that there were 612,414 patient safety incidents in England between 1st October 2011 and 31st March 2012 that were submitted to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) by 31st May 2012. This is an […]