Sheffield Personal Injury Blog
West Cumberland Hospital Failings
Posted: October 31, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
After inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) reviewed West Cumberland Hospital last month, the standard of care provided to patients is still not good enough. The team visited the hospital after it was put under special measures for high death rates, alongside 10 other hospitals, following the summer’s Keogh review, but found little improvement. North […]
Read MoreCompensation for quad bike crash victim
Posted: October 21, 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Workplace Injuries
Holly Raper, from Chorley in Lancashire, has been awarded with £175,000 in compensation after she suffered a serious head injury in a quad biking incident in Australia. Ms Raper had been working on a farm in Tasmania when she crashed the quad bike in December of 2011. She currently requires 24/7 care, which is being […]
Read MoreRally car crash injures spectators
Posted: October 13, 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents Public Place Accidents
After a rally car spun off the track into a crowd of spectators at the Regency Stages Rally in Somerset, four people have been injured. The accident occurred at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, where the one-day event took place. Organised by the Weston-super-Mare Motor Club, 60 rally cars came from […]
Read MoreChemical firm fined after three injured in explosion
Posted: October 8, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries
A chemical firm based at Burscough industrial estate has been fined £150,000 after three members of their staff were severely injured in an explosion on site. Personnel Hygiene Services (PHS) Ltd were found to be breaching many health and safety procedures, following an investigation, resulting in the explosion that caused three of their staff members to […]
Read MoreOld lights cause child’s death at level crossing
Posted: September 26, 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
In December of last year, a four-year-old girl was tragically killed after her grandmother failed to see the dim warning lights at a level crossing. The car, in which Emma Lifsey was a passenger, collided with the train at Beech Hill Crossing in Nottinghamshire on the 4th of December. Emma’s 67-year-old grandmother survived the incident, but […]
Read Morenumber of failing A&Es have doubled in last year
Posted: September 22, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
Since this time last year, the number of NHS England trusts failing to meet A&E waiting time targets have more than doubled. Between April and June of last year, 13 hospital trusts were unable to meet their target waiting time of four hours. Between April and June of this year, however, this figure has risen to 31 […]
Read More11-year-old hit by military training vehicle
Posted: September 16, 2013
Posted in: Pedestrian Injuries Road Traffic Accidents
An unnamed schoolgirl remains in hospital after a military training truck hit her on her way home from school last Wednesday. She remained trapped under the vehicle for some time before being taken to hospital, but is now in a stable condition. It is believed that the military truck is from the Defence School of […]
Read MoreBuilding company fined after death
Posted: September 7, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Falls from Heights Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
Building company ‘Chestnut Homes’ has been fined a total of £40,000 after Justin Gillman (26) fell from scaffolding in 2010, resulting in his death. The judge described the death of the bricklayer as an “accident waiting to happen” after an HSE investigation found that the scaffolding had been built by two untrained workmen and was considered […]
Read MoreGlaucoma patient has had checkups cancelled for two years
Posted: August 30, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
96-year-old Barbara Lucas, from Lye near Stourbridge, has not received a checkup for her glaucoma in two years. After enduring cancellations and rearrangements of eleven checkups, her daughter, Anne Harris, argues that something must be done. Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley continued to cancel and reschedule Mrs. Lucas’ appointments for a period of two years, […]
Read MoreLeicester woman severely injured in New York taxi crash
Posted: August 22, 2013
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad Leg Injuries Pedestrian Injuries Road Traffic Accidents
23-year-old Sian Green, from Leicester, was seriously injured after being hit by a taxi in New York City on Tuesday. The British tourist had part of her leg severed when the cab reportedly mounted the kerb in Manhattan, and crashed into Ms. Green. The family has thanked a celebrity doctor and a passer-by for saving her life […]
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