Birmingham Personal Injury Blog
Opening of sports complex for injured troops
Posted: November 22, 2013
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries Workplace Injuries
With money raised from the Royal Marines Association, a £100,000 sports complex is due to open in Birmingham for wounded troops and their families. The facilities will allow wounded soldiers to recover from injuries, while benefiting from sports therapy with the help of their families. The complex is to open on the grounds of Birmingham’s […]
Read MoreFifth cyclist death in only a matter of days
Posted: November 14, 2013
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents Bus Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
After a crash occurred between a cyclist and a bus at a junction yesterday morning, London’s roads have seen their fifth cyclist death in only nine days. The crash happened in the early hours of the morning at a junction between Whitechapel High Street and Commercial Road. The man was immediately rushed to hospital but died […]
Read MoreHospital doctors signed elderly woman’s ‘death warrant’
Posted: November 5, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
After 79-year-old June Brook was admitted to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital with sickness and diarroea last month, doctors at the hospital signed a ‘do not resuscitate’ order without the approval of her or her family. During her stay, it was granted by doctors that if her condition worsened, it would be a case of allowing […]
Read MoreFirm guilty over go-kart death failings
Posted: October 27, 2013
Posted in: Neck Injuries Public Place Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
18-year-old Suzanne Cornwell lost her life in 2009 when her scarf became tangled in the axle of her go-kart – the company in charge has pleaded guilty to health and safety failings. The teenager from Hardwick had been with friends at Cambridgeshire raceway when the accident occurred in December 2009. Both the company in charge, Peterborough […]
Read MoreChild died because nurse used ‘too much force’
Posted: October 15, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
10-year-old Pheobe Willis from Locking in North Somerset had been submitted to Westo General Hospital with a rare genetic condition in the summer of 2012, but died after a nurse “inserted her feeding tube with too much force”. Pheobe Willis’ family took her to Weston General Hospital after taking advice that the hospital had a specialist […]
Read MoreHospital trust fined following death of diabetic patient
Posted: October 9, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has pleaded guilty to safety breaches after a diabetic patient died in 2007. Gillian Astbury (66), from Hednesford in Staffordshire, died at Stafford Hospital after two nurses failed to provide her with insulin, causing her to fall into a diabetic coma. The Nursing and Midwifery Council panel cautioned one of […]
Read MoreCancer patient left on a trolley for 12 hours
Posted: October 4, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
Concerns have been raised after a terminally ill patient was left on a trolley in the accident and emergency department of Leicester Hospital because of a ‘bed shortage’. Hilary Gilhooley suffered from cancer in her spine and lungs and arrived at the hospital after becoming seriously ill. She then spent 12 hours on a trolley, […]
Read MoreLifeboat callouts have risen by 22% in Blackpool
Posted: September 24, 2013
Posted in: Personal Injury
The seaside town of Blackpool has the busiest RNLI crew in the north of the country with around 13 million tourists holidaying there every year. The RNLI believe that the reason behind the dramatic increase in callout numbers is because of the high temperatures experienced over the summer months. Blackpool’s crew saw 62 launches over […]
Read MoreHospitals fail at meeting national standards
Posted: September 19, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
Following numerous unannounced inspections, two Lincolnshire hospitals have failed to meet all national standards and have been criticised for their worryingly low staffing levels and lack of basic training. Lincoln County Hospital and Boston Pilgrim Hospital both operate under the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, which was put under special measures following the Keogh review in […]
Read MoreSix-figure settlement for victim of caesarean section failures
Posted: September 11, 2013
Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence
Having endured a five-year battle for compensation, Candi Kaya (43) has received a six-figure settlement from Stafford Hospital for her life-changing injuries. When Ms. Kaya gave birth to her daughter Hani, she was left in excruciating pain for six days after the planned caesarean section – injuries sustained in the operation went unnoticed, and untreated. […]
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