Accident and Emergency
This is often the first point of contact a patient will have with the NHS due to an illness or after an injury. The staff who practise in emergency medicine have skills in prevention, diagnosis and management.
Case reports
T -v- Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust
The Claimant was taken to the Accident & Emergency Department at Calderdale Royal Infirmary after being knocked down by a car
and was diagnosed as having an unstable short spiral fracture of the right femur. Her leg was placed in a splint which had to be re-applied because it was the wrong size. She was admitted to the children’s ward of the hospital. She remained in hospital but there was a failure to monitor the healing process of her leg in the splint, to the extent that poor union of the femur was achieved and her leg was bent when the bone was healed and had a boney protruberance. The bowing of the leg also entailed shortening of the femur and consequently the leg itself.
The case settled for £28,000.00 which included damages for care provided to the Claimant by her parents, the cost of some reconstructive surgery on her scarring and damages for her psychological distress, as well as for the leg injuries overall and for the otherwise would have been unnecessary.
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In April 2010 a small group of professionals and brain injury survivors got together to put plans in place to set up a Headway group in Liverpool.
On Wednesday 10th November 2010 at the Neuro Support Centre in Liverpool, Headway Liverpool are holding an information event.
The group are hoping that the event will be attended by members old and new and everyone attending will enjoy the programme which includes short talks around a variety of issues associated with brain injuries.
Talks will be given by Dr Christopher Gardner (Research fellow at Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Ken Barratt (Consultant in Neuropsychology), Dr Ivan Pitman (Consultant in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation from the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust) and Alistair White (Headway North East Regional Co-Ordinator).
Rachel Donovan, solicitor from the specialist clinical negligence team at John Pickering and Partners solicitors, who is also part of Headway Liverpool steering committee said:
“We are hoping that Headway Liverpool will become a thriving group that can help provide essential support and social opportunities for people with brain injuries. Brain injury can have a huge impact on people’s lives and the lives of their family, yet sufferers often slip through the net because they frequently do not display obvious signs that they are brain injured.
At Headway Liverpool we do believe that it is so important to provide a support network and help people once there is nothing that can be done for them medically. We do hope that as many people as possible can come along to the information event on the 10th November 2010 at the Liverpool Neuro Support Centre, to support the new Headway Liverpool group”.
Headway the Charity works to improve life after brain injury and provide information, support and services for people affected by brain injury and their families.
A network of local groups and branches throughout the UK and Channel Islands offers a wide range of services, including rehabilitation programmes, care and support, social reintegration, community outreach and respite care. The services available will vary depending on local needs and resources.
If you want to talk to a clinical negligence solicitor about a brain injury matter, or any other related medical negligence matter then please contact Rachel Donovan at our Liverpool office (email: don@johnpickering.co.uk) or Claire Horton at our Manchester office (email: hort@johnpickering.co.uk) or Ruth Davies at our Halifax office (email: rd@johnpickering.co.uk).
ABOUT JOHN PICKERING AND PARTNERS LLP
Our clients are people who have suffered injury as a result of a medical accident in the UK. We are Clinical and Medical Negligence Solicitors. We handle negligence claims against hospitals, GP’s and other medical practitioners for clients across the UK.
We try to obtain maximum amounts of compensation.
We are committed to providing public funding (previously known as Legal Aid) and have a franchise from the Community Legal Services Commission. This means that they have looked at the firm carefully and approved of the way we work. They consider that we are medical negligence claims specialists. They trust us to handle medical accident claims properly.
If you are not eligible for Public Funding, we can offer a Conditional Fee Agreement, also known as a ‘no win, no fee’ agreement with insurance. We shall check the best method of funding your claim.
All 3 of our offices (Liverpool, Manchester and Halifax) are accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Claire Horton is an experienced Clinical Negligence Solicitor who is based in our Manchester office. She continues to practice as an independent funding adjudicator for the Legal Services Commission and acts on a pro-bono basis for the AvMA helpline.
For further advice on medical negligence in Liverpool please contact Rachel Donovan and for Halifax contact Ruth Davies, who are both experienced in the field of Clinical Negligence.
We provide free initial advice to people seeking information about a potential Clinical Negligence claim.