Hospital Negligence Claims

Clinical Negligence claim following numerous falls whilst an inpatient at Mid & South Essex NHS Foundation Trust resulting in an avoidable hip fracture and further injury and damage to the hip repair.

A claim in damages arising out of substandard clinical care whilst the patient underwent vascular surgery in the First Defendant’s Hospital, before being transferred into community care at home with the Second Defendant’s community nurses, and then into the care of the Third Defendant’s Hospital. As a result, the patient suffered grade 4 pressure sores to sacrum and feet.

Complications following bunion surgery and delays in follow up consultations led to our client being awarded compensation for orthopaedic negligence.

Negligent treatment of a breast cancer patient. The client suffered pain and loss of function in their right hand and forearm as a consequence of an extravasation of a vesicant drug during their cancer treatment. (chemotherapy).

Legal action following a failure by medical staff to recognise that a nephrostomy tube had been incorrectly placed in a pregnant woman leading to serious complications including further unnecessary surgery, sepsis and pneumonia.

Legal action following a failure by nursing staff to appropriately transfer a patient to a bed following surgery causing damage.

Claim brought by J H for a failure in nursing care following breast augmentation surgery.  Our Client was asked to transfer herself from the recovery bed to the ward bed, despite being unable to do so.  As a result, the drains in her wounds were pulled causing injury.

Legal Action following failure to diagnose a brain tumour.

Claim following removal of a central line with the patient sat in a chair. This led to an air embolism and stroke which caused a somatoform pain disorder and permanent disability.  This is one of the NHS's 10 “never events.”