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.
Cosmetic Surgery
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We have been contacted by a number of women who have had surgery by a plastic, reconstructive and anaesthetic surgeon, Dr Adeogba who practises in the Merseyside area.
The enquiries have come from women who have had breast surgery and nose surgery.
Rachel Donovan at John Pickering and Partners LLP said: “We have been contacted by a number of women about treatment they have received. We understand that there are a lot of women unhappy with the outcome of their surgery. These enquiries need to be thoroughly explored, with the help of medical experts as to the standard of the surgeon’s surgical skills. The team at John Pickering and Partners urge anyone with concerns in relation to cosmetic surgery at these hospitals to urgently contact one of our clinical negligence specialist solicitors to discuss these further”.
If you wish to talk to a specialist solicitor about this or any related matter then please contact Rachel Donovan at our Liverpool office, 19 Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 4SX on 0151 227 1214 or contact via email don@johnpickering.co.uk or Claire Horton at our Manchester office based at John Pickering and Partners LLP, Old Exchange Buildings, St Ann’s Passage, 29/31 King Street, Manchester, M2 6BE on 0161 834 1251 or email via hort@johnpickering.co.uk or Ruth Davies at our Halifax office, Crossley Mill, 1st Floor, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX on 01422 345535 or via email at 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.