Bradford Personal Injury Blog

Police officer receives compensation for dog attack

Posted: March 31, 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks Foot Injuries Workplace Injuries Workplace Slip 

A Sussex police officer has been awarded compensation after a dog bit him while on duty. Figures were recently released as part of a Freedom of Information Act request, which detailed the claims made by Sussex Police over the last three years. Alongside the dog bite, another officer received compensation for slipping on a wet floor, and […]

Surgeon erased from medical register after 75 complaints

Posted: March 25, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis Negligent Cosmetic Surgery 

Following 75 complaints made by patients, previously sacked surgeon Dr David Jackson has been removed from the medical register all together. Dr David Jackson was sacked and suspended in 2007 but has not managed to appear before a disciplinary hearing due to poor health. As a result, A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has granted him […]

5-year-old receives compensation for nursery injury

Posted: March 15, 2014

Posted in: Finger Injuries Personal Injury Public Place Accidents School Accidents 

A 5-year-old girl has been awarded with compensation after getting her finger trapped in a door at nursery when she was just 8-months-old. Mackenzie Miller, from Amble, got her finger caught in a fire door at Brambles Childcare Centre in 2009. A judge at Morpeth County Court ruled that the nursery had a duty of care, […]

School injury claims at an all-time high

Posted: March 9, 2014

Posted in: Finger Injuries Public Place Accidents School Accidents 

Over the last year alone, Bradford Council has seen personal injury claims concerning injured pupils almost double.  With claims ranging from children tripping over chairs to children being hit by a swinging school bell, Bradford Council has been bombarded by claims in the past financial year. One teaching union said that the figures were a reflection […]

‘Do something different’ to improve NHS care

Posted: March 3, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

As part of NHS Change Day, thousands of people working for the NHS across the country are ‘doing something different’ for the day to improve the care provided by the NHS. This idea came about after two doctors attended an NHS leadership course, which sparked the idea of introducing an NHS Change Day. This day is to […]

Cyclists pay the price for Britain’s potholes

Posted: February 27, 2014

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents Pothole Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

With claims being made by the Central Government that councils are to blame for the country’s pothole problem, cyclists seem to be paying the price. According to numerous cycling charities, over 1000 cyclists are injured as a result of potholes every year. Councils, however, argue that the problem is down to a lack of funding for road […]

2-year-old and woman found on street in critical condition

Posted: February 19, 2014

Posted in: Pedestrian Injuries Personal Injury Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A two-year-old girl has died and a woman has suffered serious injuries after the pair were discovered unconscious on a street in Bradford yesterday. West Yorkshire Police are urging people to come forward with any available information.  The couple were found on Delamere Street behind a property on Tuesday morning. Both were in a critical condition and […]

NHS cash shortage ‘harmful’ to care standards

Posted: February 9, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

Figures released last week have highlighted that the cash shortage within the NHS is potentially harmful to care standards. Following the Stafford Hospital scandal last year, the NHS has been pushing to improve the level of care provided by the UK’s hospitals. Experts, however, say that financial pressures will make this exceedingly difficult. Inquiry chair Robert Francis […]

£4.5m payout to 10-year-old for brain injury at birth

Posted: January 31, 2014

Posted in: Birth Injury Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence 

Colchester Hospital has agreed to payout £4.5m to a young girl who suffered a “catastrophic brain injury” shortly after being born at the hospital. It was heard at The High Court that numerous mistakes were made during Samantha Singleton-Parkes’s birth in December 2003. The young girl now suffers from cerebral palsy and will spend the rest […]

Patient contracted hepatitis c from hospital

Posted: January 28, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

NHS Lanarkshire has apologised after a patient became infected with hepatitis C during their time at hospital. The health board said that they were unsure as to how the patient became infected with the blood-borne virus, but said that infection control procedures at their hospitals had been tightened as a result. The patient had been at Monklands […]