Sheffield Personal Injury Blog
Doctors’ licence renewals deferred after review of midwifery service
Posted: November 2, 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
Guernsey doctors have had their licence renewals deferred following a critical review into the island’s midwifery services. The review was sparked by a number of deaths that happened in the maternity department, but especially the death of a newborn baby earlier this year. Many of the Health and Social Services Department’s board members resigned following […]
Read MoreMother awaits answers from abulance service following asthma death
Posted: October 29, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
The mother of an 11-year-old boy who died after being treated for his asthma in an ambulance says that she is still waiting for answers over a year after her son’s death. Jack Gray suffered a severe asthma attack at his home last year, and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Ambulance paramedics treated Jack both […]
Read MoreNine rail workers had a ‘near-miss’ with passenger train
Posted: October 24, 2014
Posted in: Public Transport Accidents Workplace Injuries
Nine track workers were very nearly hit by an passenger train going 80mph last month, accident investigators have reported. The rail workers had been operating on a small bridge that required repairs on the West Coast main line near Hest Bank when they were nearly hit by the train on the 22nd of September. The workers received […]
Read MoreWorker’s crushing death ruled as ‘accidental’
Posted: October 14, 2014
Posted in: Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
An inquest jury has deemed the death of a labourer ‘accidental’ following this week’s hearing. 24-year-old Callum Osborne had been working as a pipe layer on a building site in Whitstable, Kent, when the trench he was working in collapsed and subsequently buried him alive. The father-to-be had only been working on the site for two days […]
Read MoreAccused staff blame hospital bosses
Posted: September 30, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence
Following a recent report that accused Cambridgeshire hospital staff of providing a substandard level of care, many workers have stepped forward to blame hospital bosses. Last week a letter from the Care Quality Commission was leaked to the Health Service Journal, highlighting the numerous areas that called for improvement at the privately-run NHS hospital. The problems included […]
Read MoreOver 1000 children injured every month during school runs
Posted: September 27, 2014
Posted in: Pedestrian Injuries Public Place Accidents Road Traffic Accidents School Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
New figures have revealed that every month around 1,100 children suffer serious and fatal injuries on their way to and from school. Road Safety Analysis carried out the research, with figures showing that one third of all child deaths and serious injury happens during the school run times. These times cover between 7:30am and 9:00am, and […]
Read MoreCompensation awarded following blood clot misdiagnosis
Posted: September 20, 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury Leg Injuries Medical Negligence
A mother has been awarded £400,000 in compensation after she developed a potentially fatal blood clot after giving birth. The 41-year-old had complained of discomfort but was told by hospital staff that it was probably just hormones. Her lawsuit argued that she was not properly assessed despite being in a high-risk category having had deep vein […]
Read MorePartner blames doctors for death from untreated head injuries
Posted: August 30, 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
A woman has blamed doctors for the death of her partner after they allowed him to leave hospital with head injuries that later killed him. Darren Roberts had been in a serious car accident, but was allowed to leave hospital only one hour after he was submitted. The father-of-one died the following day (6th of […]
Read MoreEndoscopes deemed as safe after Hepatitis scare
Posted: August 29, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence
Following a scare earlier this month about the cleanliness of endoscopes used at a Carlisle hospital, results have found that none of the patients were infected. North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust realised at the beginning of the month that numerous endoscopes had not been cleaned properly before being used on patients. A total of […]
Read More999 error costs life of an 8 year old
Posted: August 27, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
An eight-year-old boy died of an asthma attack earlier this year as a result of an emergency call handler’s error. Clayton Barker suffered a serious asthma attack in March last year while visiting his grandmother in Oldham. She immediately contacted the emergency services, yet the operator sent the only available ambulance to another patient. Eventually, an ambulance […]
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