Leeds Personal Injury Blog

Injured cyclist feels let down

Posted: September 20, 2014

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents Knee Injury Leg Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

50-year-old cyclist Melanie Burrows said that she feels greatly let down by police after they were unable to take her case further following a serious cycling accident. Another cyclist, who tried to overtake her at a junction in July this year, hit Mr Burrows on her way home from work. She suffered a serious fracture […]

Dog attack sees two hospitalised

Posted: September 16, 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks Hand Injuries 

A dog attack earlier this month saw two people hospitalised.  The attack happened in Newbury on the 4th of September when two terriers attacked a couple of dog walkers.  Both victims suffered serious injuries and required hospital treatment.  The two victims, friends John Bremner and Georgina Warren, had been walking their own dogs when the […]

Football heading could see schools sued

Posted: August 29, 2014

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Neck Injuries School Accidents Sporting Injuries 

With a group of American mothers suing Fifa for putting their children at risk of concussion, lawyers believe that it wont be long before parents in the UK do the same. The group has accused the Football Association of acting “carelessly and negligently”, calling for new safety rules to be introduced on how many times […]

NHS complaints continue to rise

Posted: August 28, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

Official data has revealed that NHS England receives an average of 480 complaints every day.  This has been recorded by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) as an 8% rise in 2013-14 on the previous year.  Complaints cover all aspects of the health service, ranging from GPs to ambulances. With the data already […]

Thomas Cook pays out

Posted: August 25, 2014

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad Food Poisoning 

A woman has won compensation after falling seriously ill while on holiday in Mexico. 27-year-old Natalie Daymond had been on holiday at the Barcelo Costa Hotel, near Cancun, when an E.coli outbreak swept through the luxury resort. Ms Daymond still suffers with gastric problems as a result of the illness. With high expectations of the […]

Salmonella source identified

Posted: August 24, 2014

Posted in: Food Poisoning Wrongful & Accidental Death 

With a recent Salmonella outbreak having affected over 200 people across England, Public Health England has identified a source of eggs to be the cause.  It is believed that it is the same strain of Salmonella that is making people ill all over Europe.  In the past week alone, the number of people affected by […]

Hospital apologises for ‘failure’

Posted: August 20, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis 

A hospital in Nottingham has apologised to the family of a man with cancer who died after being sent home with pneumonia.  60-year-old Richard Sharp from Bilborough died about an hour after being sent home from Nottingham City Hospital with clear symptoms of pneumonia. He died with his wife Kim by his side in March […]

Suspended GP returns to work

Posted: August 12, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Despite numerous complaints from members of the public, a doctor that was suspended in 2012 has been allowed to return to work.  Dr Nagy Gabriel was suspended from the register after “patient safety concerns” were highlighted in an inquiry in March 2012.  Since the news was released, over 20 patients from the surgery in Kent […]

Cumberland Infirmary patients warned

Posted: August 8, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has been forced to write to 357 patients after it was found that equipment at the hospital had not been cleaned properly.  The letters informed the past patients that the machines used to clean their endoscopes had not used enough disinfectant.  The trust reassured the patients that the risk […]

Whiplash claims slashed

Posted: August 4, 2014

Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents Whiplash Injuries 

With fears growing over the country’s developing ‘compensation culture’, the Justice Secretary has announced that cuts are to be made to the fees charged for medical reports in cases involving whiplash injuries.  The new regulations will be launched in October, meaning that medical professionals can charge a maximum of £180 for initial whiplash reports. This […]