Articles in Clinical Negligence News
Kane Gorny dies in hospital from dehydration after calling police to help him get drink of water
Clinical Negligence News : 6 July 2012
A 22 year old man, Kane Gorny, has died in hospital from dehydration after having previously resorted to calling the police to ask for a drink of water.
LCP is "assisted death pathway", states Professor
Clinical Negligence News : 5 July 2012
Doctors have been accused by senior consultant Professor Patrick Pullicino of using a care pathway as an equivalent of euthanasia.
Devastated family call for better post-operative care
Clinical Negligence News : 28 June 2012
The family of Ron Shute, a 74 year old man who died following a routine liver biopsy, have called for Weston General Hospital to improve its post-operative care.
Hospital negligence leads to womans suicide
Clinical Negligence News : 20 June 2012
A woman who suffered from episodes of severe depression has committed suicide by stepping in the path of a train.
Tracy Hall dies aged 38 with coroner stating a quicker diagnosis could have prevented her death
Clinical Negligence News : 13 June 2012
An inquest at Leeds Coroner’s Court has heard that a mother of two from Castleford who died due to multi-organ failure may have lived if doctors had acted quicker.
Morwenna Ganz multi-million pounds award ‘impossible’ for similar cases following limits on legal aid from April 2013
Clinical Negligence News : 1 June 2012
Morwenna Ganz, now 26, has been awarded compensation worth over £1,000,000 for the devastating brain injuries she suffered when she was 14 years old.
Margaret Burton, 90, dies after a feeding tube is inserted into her lung
Clinical Negligence News : 30 May 2012
Margaret Burton, a 90-year-old former shop owner died following the incorrect insertion of a feeding tube into her lung instead of her stomach.
Premature twins in “good” state die after being given fatal overdose of morphine at Stafford Hospital
Clinical Negligence News : 29 May 2012
Newborn twins Alfie and Harry McQuillin were given more than 10 times the prescribed amount of morphine at Stafford Hospital, an inquest has heard.
NHS set to impose £500 fines on hospitals who allow their patients to suffer from bedsores
Clinical Negligence News : 28 May 2012
NHS bosses in Worestershire and across the region are due to be fined £500 for every time an NHS patient suffers from a serious bed sore
NHS pay multi million pound compensation after removing the wrong part of paramedics brain
Clinical Negligence News : 24 May 2012
Retired paramedic John Tunney, 63, has been awarded a seven-figure sum from University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS trust after they admitted liability for removing the wrong part of the paramedics brain.