Clinical Negligence Archives - S.J Edney Solicitors

Negligent treatment at Great Western Hospital

Brief background We have been acting for the widow of a 45-year-old man who was unhappy with treatment which her late husband received at Great Western Hospital on 29/30 August 2016. Briefly, on the 29 August 2016 at about 9.00am, the deceased was admitted to hospital complaining of central chest pa [...]

26th April 2023|

Cosmetic surgery negligence

Brief background We have been acting for a client (aged 58) in connection with a clinical negligence claim against Dr HK arising from private dermatological treatment received during 2016. Briefly, in October 2016 she attended a private Dermatherapy Clinic with a lump on the right side bridge of her [...]

10th February 2023|

Claim against Great Western Hospital due to oxygen starvation at birth

We are acting for a client and her young son (aged 4) in connection with a claim for damages against Great Western Hospital in Swindon. Briefly, during the birth of her son in September 2018, there were a number of failings in the care provided to him which unfortunately resulted in a brain injury l [...]

13th January 2023|

Maternity Care: Patient Safety and the Cost to the NHS

Many English maternity units are not meeting safety standards putting mothers and babies at risk of injury and serious harm. The BBC reports that statistics produced by the Care Quality Commission indicate that more than half of maternity units in England consistently fail to meet safety standards. [...]

28th September 2022|

Walsall Manor Hospital recalls patients over substandard shoulder surgery

Walsall Manor Hospital, part of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is recalling over 600 patients who have undergone complex shoulder surgery, specifically a Latarjet procedure, performed by Mr Mian Munawar Shah. According to his LinkedIn profile Mr Shah is a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon and has been em [...]

28th September 2022|

GP Negligence leading to diagnosis of urosepsis and admission to hospital – CASE WON AT TRIAL

Brief background We have been acting for a client aged in his 80s (the Claimant) in connection with a clinical negligence claim against two GPs based at a GP Surgery in Oxford. In 2015 the Claimant was a patient at the surgery and in March of that year, became unwell feeling weak and shaky and suffe [...]

22nd April 2022|

Undiagnosed abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)

We have been acting for a Mr Philip McLeod, the husband of Catherine, a much loved wife and mother who sadly died on 12 December 2020 aged 70. The family are unhappy with treatment she received at various hospitals in the West Country prior to her death. Briefly, Cath had a longstanding heart proble [...]

14th March 2022|

Mr Philip Kaloo, Consultant Gynaecologist

A number of women have been in touch with us following Spire Healthcare contacting them as former patients of Mr Philip Kaloo, Consultant Gynaecologist, as part of a review of treatment and surgery performed on patients under his care at Nuffield Health Cheltenham and the Winfield Hospital in Glouce [...]

1st March 2022|

Hydroxychloroquine-related retinal toxicity causing loss of vision

We have been acting for a delightful lady (aged 85) in connection with a clinical negligence claim against her local hospital arising from negligent treatment which she received for an ongoing eye problem. By way of summary, our client was under the care of a consultant rheumatologist at the Defenda [...]

16th December 2021|

Lisfranc injury compensation

BRIEF BACKGROUND We have been acting for a client (aged 57) in connection with a clinical negligence claim against the Doncaster Royal Infirmary arising from treatment he received in their A&E Department during October 2018. Briefly on 01 October 2018, he attended A&E at the hospital followi [...]

29th October 2021|