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Given the current situation regarding COVID-19, we would like to advise clients and the public alike to be vigilant in these times of uncertainty. With more people becoming ill and utilising the pharmacy, the risk of dispensing errors occurring is raised. A...
Dangerous Prescription Mix-Up by High Street Pharmacy A pharmacy gave the wrong medication to our client resulting in a £2,800 settlement after she had serious side-effects from being given anti-psychotic drugs instead of cramp medication. Ms H...
Oldham Bereavement Support Service is a registered charity based at Royal Oldham Hospital run by team of trained volunteers who visit bereaved people in their own homes or by appointment at The Whiteside Centre. Their aim to offer support to those who...
Pearson Solicitors’ Medical Negligence team are handling a case of a new baby where failure to escalate the case to a senior paediatrician led to her deterioration and death within a few hours of arriving at Tameside General Hospital . Baby was...
It’s World Sepsis Day on Friday 13 th September – a day to raise awareness of Sepsis. Sepsis affects about 30 million people per year and kills between 6 – 9 million so it’s something we all need to be aware of. ...
Four ladies from our Ashton office have been stepping out each day in order to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. Sue Shears, Lisa Anderson, Jacqui White and Denise Curzon have committed to walking 10 000 steps a day as part of the Walking all over...
Bereaved parents who suffer a stillbirth would gain answers from an independent inquest into their baby’s death under plans to improve the way such tragedies are investigated. The move has been welcomed by professionals and our team of solicitors who...
A record number of medical negligence compensation claims succeeded last year costing the NHS almost £120 million and nursing claims amount to just over £24 million of that bill. Whilst the majority of medical negligence claims are taken out...
Asking a patient for consent when treating them was at the heart of a recent case for medical negligence solicitors - a client who reacted badly to his antibiotics and was left with life changing disabilities has received a settlement when Pearson Solicitors...
You may have heard about the recent case involving the Penning Acute Trust, where a number of inquests have been delayed after the Senior Coroner for the Manchester North Jurisdiction, Joanne Kearsley, arranged for a review of the reports of Pathologist Dr...
A number of inquests have been delayed after the Senior Coroner for the Manchester North Jurisdiction, Joanne Kearsley, arranged for a review of the reports of Pathologist Dr Khalid Ahmed following post-mortem examinations. Concerns were raised about...
A recent Coronation Street storyline serves as a reminder of how important the early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis is. In the soap Jack Webster, a promising young footballer, developed sepsis and had to undergo a foot amputation following hospital...
On the day of the NHS’ 70th Birthday we must look back and take inspiration from the compassion and determination of Aneurin Bevan, the man considered to be its creator. A healthcare system free at the point of delivery, accessible by all was...
Every five minutes someone in the UK has a stroke and the effects can be cruel, devastating and life-changing. Stroke is a brain attack. It is a medical emergency which affects millions around the country. We are often approached by patients and...
Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) is a rare condition which is caused by extreme pressure and swelling of the nerves at the base of the spine. The nerves become compressed and the condition can have a devastating effect on sufferers and their families. Someone...
The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt has today acknowledged that drug errors in England cause appalling levels of harm and deaths ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43161929 ). His comments come as new data suggests 237 million errors are made each year...
Every day we are hearing of the crisis in NHS hospitals and unfortunately there appears to be little or no improvement. Dubbed as the “Winter Crisis” the NHS is under even more pressure as thousands of patients are admitted to hospital...
With NHS hospitals strapped for cash, dangerously short staffed and lack of available beds, patients are dying in hospital corridors this winter. Doctors have told the Prime Minister, Teresa May, that more than 120 patients per day were being...
There are worrying concerns across the UK that at least 100 drugs have been affected by supply problems which has forced health officials to agree to a temporary price rise of up to 4,000 per cent to increase stocks. Even though the NHS are paying...
Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a change in the law so that coroners can look into stillbirths. The Health Secretary said "all unexplained cases of serious harm or death would now be independently investigated". Currently, Coroners can...
Nearly 700 patients were awarded compensation after NHS hospitals missed their cancer diagnosis. The NHS has paid damages to almost 700 patients in the last eight years who brought successful compensation claims after hospitals missed giving them a vital...
Investigative Reporter Alistair Jackson’s investigation into the death of his mother on Monday night’s Panorama provided a disturbing insight into the epidemic of sepsis in the UK and, even more disturbingly, the NHS’ reaction to it. ...
A 6 year old girl was taken to The Royal Oldham Hospital by her mother, Kirsty, on 3 February to be told by doctors that her rash was just bruising - sadly the next day Layla-Rose died. Layla-Rose's mother brought her to the hospital around 8.30pm where...
Pearson Solicitors’ Clinical Negligence Team has recently secured a settlement of £7,500 in a case where the failure to adequately to manage an evolving small bowel obstruction led to a patient’s deterioration and eventual death. Pearson...
When a client turned to us following delays and misdiagnosis at Tameside Hospital we secured a £150,000 settlement after her symptoms of Cauda Equina Syndrome were missed. Our client was an active and independent lady in her mid 50s who had previously...
Pearson Solicitors’ Clinical Negligence Team has recently secured a settlement of £56,000 in a case where Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s negligent management of an 87 year old patient’s epilepsy resulted in death. Mr B had...
A woman whose baby has been born with severe abnormalities after being told all her scans were normal has secured a large compensation award to help care for her child. Pearson Solicitors’ Clinical Negligence Team recently secured a gross settlement...
Compensation awards for claimants of life-changing personal injury and medical negligence awards are to be drastically changed from later this month. Currently the actual amount received is adjusted according to interest expected from...
The BBC recently led with a news story that the number of unexpected patient deaths (including deaths by suicide, neglect and misadventure) reported by England’s mental health trusts has risen by almost 50% in three years. Mental health care...
Do you check your medication when you collect it from the chemist, or simply rely on the Pharmacist? Prescription mistakes are just one type of work our solicitors undertake and have led to serious side effects for some of our clients when they’ve been...
An independent elderly lady suffered a debilitating stroke after a failure in communication led to her missing vital anticoagulant medication for a heart condition. Our Medical Negligence Team recently secured a settlement of £105,000 in a case where...
A recent episode of Holby City featured a grave digger who was the victim of Gentamicin, which can be a common source of toxicity and cause life changing problems for some clients coming to see us. In this episode a grave digger actually fell into the grave...
A patient who paid for private medical care pursued a case recently when doctors failed to diagnose post-operative DVT. The failure to diagnose deep vein thrombosis resulted in a settlement of £25,705 when the lady developed a pulmonary embolus which...
Our Medical Negligence Team has recently secured a settlement after a baby was bruised in the face after a mismanaged forceps delivery, however the mother was out of time to make a claim for her suffering and this case acts as timely reminder that...
Pearson Solicitors’ Clinical Negligence Team has recently secured a settlement of £7,500 in a case where the failure to adequately manage an evolving small bowel obstruction led to a patient’s deterioration and eventual death. Pearson...
A straightforward gynaecological procedure involving the removal of an endometrial polyp was botched by surgeons and instead the patient’s uterus was perforated and her small bowel lacerated resulting in faecal contamination of her abdominal cavity,...
A teenager has received a large settlement award after a birth trauma left her suffering from severe cerebral palsy. Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have admitted a breach of duty of care and made an undisclosed settlement to the 19 year old. The...
A prescription mix up led to a pacemaker being fitted into a patient unnecessarily for which he received £20,000 in compensation. The side effects from the wrong medication being prescribed were shortness of breath on exertion, a lowering of the pulse...
A patient who complained that her MRI scan was uncomfortable and burning her arm was ignored and subsequently left with a permanent scar, has recently received £3,500 in compensation when Pearson Solicitors acted on her behalf. On 10th March 2013 Mrs...
A client who had knee pain and went into the operating theatre for what she thought was knee replacement surgery was left with life changing problems after medics failed to adequately diagnose her problems before the operation. The client came to Pearson...
A client whose independence and life with her grandchildren has been affected by medical negligence has won a £95,000 claim against Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Mrs A of Dukinfield consulted her GP complaining of discomfort and muscle...
Six years of discomfort and upset following a difficult labour and resulting mismanaged care prompted a patient to pursue a claim in the hope that the hospital would learn from their mistakes. An administrative error was blamed for the mix up and years of...
SURGERY on the wrong part of the body, swabs left inside a patient, fallopian tubes removed instead of an appendix, are just some of the horror stories termed ‘never events’ that can occur in hospitals. ‘Never events’ are medical...
Suspected sepsis patients should be treated as an emergency and in the same way as a heart attack the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have recommended. NICE is this week urging doctors to question whether a patient could potentially...
We have recently made a successful medical negligence claim against the Pennine Acute and Central Manchester Trusts and secured a £1million settlement for a client. When our 58 year old client went to his GP with weight loss and a cough the GP treated...
A 53 year old man whose suicidal tendencies were not picked up by his GP has received a £2million settlement after a failed suicide attempt has left him severely disabled. Mr S contacted his GP in December with recurrent psychiatric symptoms but no...
The BBC is reporting the outcome of an inquest into the death of Kristian Jaworski. Kristian died just five days after his birth in June 2015 at North Middlesex University Hospital. Kristian died as a result of brain damage caused by a prolonged and extended...
A women who donated a kidney to her husband and went on to have severe post-operative complications received a major compensation award of £42,000 when Pearson Solicitors took up her case. Mrs A, 68, from Droylsden, Tameside pursued a...
It’s never easy considering taking action after failed medical treatment, but a recent report says patients are often met with ‘a wall of silence’ when they complain. Medical Negligence expert, Janet Dunkerley is the first point of...
Commenting on Government claims to crack down on fraudulent whip lash claims and remove the right to general damages, Pearson Solicitors Personal Injury team said the move could affect access to justice. “Victims of injury will not be able to afford...
Weekend births are more dangerous for both mother and baby, a recent study has shown and the safest day to be born is a Tuesday. The study by Imperial College found that 770 deaths a year could be avoided and said the results were 'consistent' with...
Worrying statistics emerged yesterday following an urgent review by the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (responsible for the Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield General and North Manchester General). Upon review 400 instances of...
Mistakes made by medical professionals are thankfully rare, but when they do occur sometimes a simple apology and acknowledgement can set patients minds at ease, said Medical Negligence Partner John Pollitt. Not getting an apology when things go wrong was...
At Pearson Solicitors we come across an alarming amount of clients and their families who are unaware of their own levels of medication and the impacts it can have – antibiotic poisoning, allergic reactions to medication and wrong dosages, can all have...
News that Tameside Hospital has made ‘significant progress’ and should come out of special measures has been welcomed by Pearson Solicitors Medical Negligence Partner John Pollitt. Progress has been made by improving critical care, staffing...
A dentist’s injection left our client with a permanent lack of sensation down one side of her face and resulted in a £5,000 settlement. Miss C was seen by her Dentist in 2011 and found to have a fracture to her left molar. A treatment plan...
Nobody goes into hospital with the intention of pursuing a medical negligence claim. It is a sad reality that issues arise in the provision of medical treatment on a regular basis; sometimes due to an unavoidable sequence of events and sometimes due to the...
Clinical Negligence lawyers have this week welcomed one of the biggest payouts in history for a brain damage case. The case was highlighted by The Mirror newspaper after the family sued the Trust in the High Court and a settlement in the region of...
The cosmetic industry is almost totally unregulated but what can you do when your treatment goes wrong? Confronted by the perfect images that adorn the front pages of numerous glossy magazines it is perhaps not surprising that more and more women...
We recently pursued a claim on behalf of a family when their relative suffered deteriorating health after a catalogue of errors in her hospital care. The relative had sadly died, but the family made a claim against the hospital and secured...
We acted recently for a client who experienced unnecessary pain during an operation at Wythenshawe Hospital and recovered compensation of £3,500 for him. Mr D had successfully undergone coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic valve replacement at...
Men are narrowing the gap when it comes to life expectancy and this obviously has consequences when it comes to compensation claims. According to research by 2030 men will live on average 85.7 years and women until 87, whilst previously men were expected to...
With the news that mortality rates are rising at Tameside Hospital, Specialist Medical Negligence solicitor, Kenneth Lees, says he is concerned that avoidable hospital deaths are becoming commonplace. Mr Lees says he is seeing increasing numbers of clients...
4th February 2015 marks World Cancer Day and according to Cancer Research UK’s statistics, 450 cancer sufferers now survive the disease everyday thanks to research funded by charitable donations from the public. However, recent reports say one in two...
Hospitals in Greater Manchester have failed to meet A&E waiting targets over the Christmas period and solicitors at Oldham’s leading medical negligence solicitors are concerned that this increased pressure on medical staff could lead to errors in...
A dentist who injected a bleach solution into the exposed cavity of his patient has been found negligent and Pearson Solicitors recovered £10,000 for our client in compensation. The patient, Miss Z, from London, had to be taken to hospital by...
A mum from Rochdale who lost her eye after post-operative infection sued her health authority and was recently awarded £210,000 in compensation. Mrs Z. had corneal graft surgery to her left eye at Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale in February...
Pearson Solicitors have recently acted in the sad case of a baby girl who died following a premature birth and failed resuscitation attempts. Baby D was born at the Royal Oldham Hospital in October 2009. She was a premature baby born by emergency...
Pearson Solicitors has helped a young footballer in his 20’s claim a £6,500 settlement after doctors failed to treat his Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). The man, Mr C, has a family history of DVT on his paternal and maternal side and had been...
Pearson Solicitors medical negligence team have recently acted in the sad case of a baby girl who died following a premature birth and failed resuscitation attempts. Baby D was born at the Royal Oldham Hospital in October 2009. She was a premature...
The Pennine Acute NHS Trust have admitted breach of a duty of care after failing to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy in a patient and she was sent home from hospital during the busy Xmas period. Miss S went into the Royal Oldham Hospital on Christmas Eve...
A Pearson Solicitors client has been awarded £4,000 in damages after the High Street pharmacy chain, Lloyds Pharmacy, gave him the wrong medicine. The client, who has asked to remain anonymous, sufferers from an acute bowel condition which causes...
A man who had an adverse reaction to prescribed medication when his dose was tripled overnight in a prescribing error by a major high street pharmacy has won £3,000 in compensation when Pearson Solicitors took up his case. When Mr R was diagnosed with...
A 101-year-old woman who lived independently died only weeks after being admitted to a care home and fracturing her hip after a fall from her bed. The elderly woman’s granddaughter was so upset she decided to approach Pearson Solicitor's ...
A recent Pearson Solicitors medical negligence case involved a young man who suffered an injury to his wrist whilst playing football. An x-ray was done but misinterpreted showing no fracture. However, he continued to suffer persisting pain and...
A Pearson Solicitors client whose husband committed suicide after health officials failed to address his suicidal tendencies has won her fight for compensation . Eileen Carey found her husband Patrick, hanged at their home in Lord Lane, Failsworth. ...
