Articles in ‘Medical negligence’ Category

Spinal surgery is a very complicated area of medical practice. Despite studies demonstrating the success rates of surgical treatment, in some circumstances patients can still feel pain after undergoing surgery. Post-operative pain is sometimes…

Sepsis is the body’s over-response to an infection by over-fighting the infection and attacking the body’s organs and tissues. It can lead to multiple organ failure if not treated quickly. When a mother gives…

January 25th is Stroke Prevention Day. As lawyers who support many clients affected by stroke after accidents or negligence, we are keen to do all we can to raise awareness of the campaign and…

If you or someone close to you has undergone (or is soon to be undergoing) spinal surgery, you will likely be aware of the level of risk. However, surgeons have ways to mitigate this…

In October, MBRRACE-UK released a comprehensive report looking at the cause of deaths of women while pregnant and up to a year after being pregnant. MBRRACE-UK (Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and…

15 years ago, the Coroner’s and Justice Act 2009 placed a duty on coroners to make reports to relevant bodies where there is a risk that further deaths will occur if improvements and action…

Written by Marcus Coates-Walker – Barrister – 1 Crown Office Row With ever-increasing political pressure for answers, and drive to hold publicly-funded institutions to account, there has been a growing demand to hold inquiries…

By Abigail Ringer and Tim Theologis (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford). Surgical treatment of the spine, whether that is to treat curvature of the spine or to carry…

Many pregnant women carry the bacteria Group B Streptococcus or GBS and it is usually harmless to both mother and baby. However, in some instances the bacteria can pass to the baby and the…

  Colin Griffiths died from complications of a vaccine which he should never have been given. The nurse misheard his response to a key question about his medical history and erroneously approved him receiving…