Leeds Personal Injury Blog
GPs failing to detect liver disease in early stages
Posted: December 1, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence
A recent report found that GPs across the UK are failing to detect the early stages of liver disease. The report, which was published in The Lancet, highlighted that the UK has one of the worst death rates for liver disease in Europe. The report states that liver disease is the third most common cause […]
Read MoreA&E care ‘still unsafe’
Posted: November 26, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence
A recent inspection found that the A&E department of a Kent hospital is ‘still unsafe’. The Care Quality Commission carried out an inspection on 26 August and found that the hospital was unable to maintain safe standards of care. An earlier inspection of the hospital, in July 2013, put the hospital under ‘special measures’ after […]
Read MoreMotorist being sued for £2m
Posted: November 17, 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents Head and Brain Injuries Road Traffic Accidents
A business executive is suing a motorist from Norfolk for £2m over crash injuries that he claims ruined his career. 44-year-old Peter Siegel says that the car accident he was involved in in 2009 left him with a brain injury that severely affected his ability to work. The accident happened in November 2009 when another […]
Read MoreMother drinking during pregnancy equivalent to manslaughter
Posted: November 10, 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury Criminal Injury and Assault
A compensation claim was recently opened on behalf of a baby that was subjected to heavy drinking while in the womb. The court appeal described the damage inflicted upon the unborn baby as equivalent to ‘an attempt at manslaughter’. The lawyers behind the young girl’s claim, who is now aged seven, said that she was […]
Read MoreMore than five a week bitten by police dogs
Posted: October 30, 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks Workplace Injuries
New figures have revealed that police dogs bite more than five members of the public every week in London alone. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act found that compensation paid out to those bitten by police dogs has doubled in the past three years to around £250,000. Lawyers involved in the report said […]
Read MoreCS spray used over loud music
Posted: October 27, 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault Personal Injury
A father-of-one assaulted his three next-door neighbours with CS spray because their music was “too loud”. Arunas Kastentinavicius said at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court that he didn’t think there was anything wrong with using CS spray because it is perfectly normal in Lithuania. The 26-year-old had used the spray on his neighbours because “they were drinking […]
Read More“Missed opportunities” in cancer treatment
Posted: October 14, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
Recent research has revealed that doctors across the country are missing the early signs of lung cancer. With lung cancer killing more than 35,000 people a year – being the biggest cause of cancer death in the UK – researchers have revealed that more could be done to catch it in its early stages. Scientists […]
Read MoreNHS at ‘breaking point’
Posted: October 6, 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence NHS Claims
Numerous charities and leading medical groups have warned that the NHS is at “breaking point”. A letter composed by the leaders of these organisations was released over the weekend, highlighting the vast number of problems that need to be fixed in order for the NHS to be saved from it “buckling under the twin crises […]
Read MoreCare home fails patients
Posted: September 30, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence
A care home in Suffolk has failed to provide adequate care to its patients, highlighted by a recent Care Quality Commission report. Mildenhall Lodge, run by Care UK, failed to provide satisfactory care in four out of five of the key standard categories. Problems included serious staff shortages and the insufficient monitoring of diabetic patients. […]
Read MoreMan’s death was preventable
Posted: September 28, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
An inquest into the death of 20-year-old John Moore-Robinson found that he could easily have been saved. Mr Moore-Robinson died in his home in 2006 after he was discharged from hospital with an undiagnosed ruptured spleen. Despite his obvious symptoms, the doctor diagnosed him as having bruised ribs following an x-ray. He collapsed only hours […]
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