Articles by ‘Ali Batchelor’

When someone dies as a result of negligence, the emotional loss is immeasurable. Alongside that grief, families are often left facing very real financial consequences which add another layer of distress. One of the…

Insulin management is essential for those living with diabetes, but what happens when hospital patients need to handover responsibility for managing their condition to medical practitioners? And when does poor management become negligence? A…

By Tracy Ralph, Network Development Officer for South East and East of England. My journey with the Limbless Association (LA) began in 2018 when I started volunteering, after becoming an amputee myself in 2015….

Tom Gibson, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers, explains how teams of expert witnesses help to prove and to value a claim. In England and Wales we have an adversarial civil law system. That means…

Here we explain what Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) is and what you can do if you have experienced OHSS during fertility treatment, including making a claim for compensation.

Accidental anaesthesia awareness is when you become conscious during a procedure under general anaesthetic, even though an anaesthetist intended for you to be unconscious. Patients report a variety of experiences, ranging from being in…

A subarachnoid haemorrhage is a medical term for bleeding on the brain. It is essentially a type of stroke and can be caused by a range of things, including a ruptured brain aneurism, a…

Ali Cloak interviews Angela Geer, Chief Executive Officer of the Coroners’ Courts Support Service (CCSS), about the vital role the charity plays in supporting people in inquests.