Bradford Personal Injury Blog

London’s Ambulance Service under ‘special measures’

Posted: November 29, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

Further to an inspection carried out in June by the Care Quality Commission (CQA), London’s Ambulance Service NHS Trust has become the first to be put into special measures in an attempt to attract aid to improve its failing service.  The inspectors found the Service to be failing in the following areas: Staff shortage and […]

Brain damaged cyclist wins crash compensation

Posted: November 17, 2015

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents Head and Brain Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

A 31-year-old cyclist has been awarded injury compensation after a lorry knocked her off her bicycle on her way to work. Mary Bowers, who had been a successful journalist prior to the accident, now requires around-the-clock care and is only minimally conscious. Ms Bowers suffered a severe brain injury and multiple fractures in the accident, […]

Elderly woman dies in cliff fall

Posted: November 14, 2015

Posted in: Personal Injury Wrongful & Accidental Death 

An elderly woman from the Isle of Wight has died after falling from an 18ft cliff edge. Maureen Bean, aged 79, had been walking along the cliff with her heavy handbag on one shoulder, which caused her to lose balance and fall. It was heard that she had visited her GP not long before the […]

Man suffers serious head injury from falling sofa

Posted: November 2, 2015

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Personal Injury Public Place Accidents 

A man has suffered a severe head injury after a falling sofa hit him as it was pushed from a window in London’s busy tourist district. The man, who remains unnamed, had been walking down the street when the incident happened near the W London Leicester Square hotel in central London. A witness of the […]

Care home service rated ‘inadequate’

Posted: October 26, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Care inspectors have rated a Lancashire care home ‘inadequate’ after an unannounced visit in August. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out an inspection of Euxton Park Care Home in Chorley after they had been made aware of a number of failings – the home has since been placed under special measures. The report that […]

Ambulance workers unsure how to treat legal high casualties

Posted: October 25, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

With a sudden rise in people using legal highs, a senior paramedic has announced that ambulance services are struggling to cope with the treatment of casualties. Sarah Harrison came forward earlier this week claiming that because of the complexity of the substances’ make-up, hospital staff are struggling to treat casualties. Medical staff are currently trying […]

Suspended prison sentence following car crash

Posted: October 20, 2015

Posted in: Car Accidents Head and Brain Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

A man has been sentenced to a suspended prison sentence after his dangerous driving caused a car accident that left a teacher critically injured. 78-year-old John King pleaded not guilty to the sentence that his dangerous driving caused an accident, claiming that a medical condition resulted in his loss of consciousness during the approach to […]

Elderly and disabled left without home care

Posted: October 2, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

A recently released report has found that a number of elderly and disabled people in Lincolnshire are not receiving the home care they need following changes to adult social care. The changes saw Lincolnshire County Council award contracts to 12 private companies to assist 3,500 people with their day-to-day needs, such as washing, dressing and […]

Family blame man’s death on police failings

Posted: September 27, 2015

Posted in: Public Place Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death 

The family of an 83-year-old man who was killed by a police van has blamed his death on “significant failures” by West Yorkshire Police. The accident happened when Donald Bennett was sitting in Pudsey Park in Leeds. A police van had been parked on a slope in the park, but the driver had failed to […]

Swine flu vaccine compensation cases blocked

Posted: September 25, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

When doctors realised that the sharp rise in narcolepsy cases was related to the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix, they immediately withdrew it. Now, however, the government is being bombarded by several medical negligence compensation claims, which government lawyers are attempting to block. The Pandemrix vaccine was produced by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and was administered […]