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.
Our expertise in clinical negligence law
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.
Anaesthetics | |
Complications following general anaesthesia can have catastrophic effects resulting in brain damage or death.
Birth injuries | |
A new baby is meant to be a very special and happy time but poor treatment can make it memorable for the wrong reasons. Poor treatment during pregnancy, labour and after labour can have catastrophic effects for both mum and baby.
C Diff Compensation | |
Clostridium Difficile is a spore forming bacterium which presents as one of the normal bacteria in the gut of up to 3% of healthy adults. It can cause illness when certain antibiotics disturb the balance of normal bacteria.
Consent | |
All surgeons/ doctors need to obtain the patients consent before embarking on any operation or procedure.
Diabetic Retinopathy | |
Diabetic retinopathy is an eye disease that's associated with long-standing diabetes. It's a major cause of poor vision in the UK.
General Practice | |
Everybody in one time of their life will come into contact with their general practitioner. It is a relationship based on trust and that is why many patients find it hard to claim against their GP.
General Surgery | |
A significant proportion of clinical negligence claims arise out of injury caused to patients during general surgery.
Haemotology | |
Haemotology is the study of blood and blood disorders. We have represented a number of people whose blood disorder has been mismanaged or has not been detected.
Nervous Shock/Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | |
Patients who have experienced clinical injury can develop psychological, as well as physical trauma. A claim can be pursued for this. The law also allows some close relatives to bring a claim for psychological trauma caused by witnessing at first hand the death through negligence of a loved one.
Nursing | |
The standard of nursing care is critical to any time we spend in lost whether it is to have a baby or have heart operation.
Oncology (CANCER) | |
The team at John Pickering and Partners have handled many cases to do with hospitals and/or GPs failure in treating cancer. This can be in the form of:
Opthamology (EYES) | |
Failures in the treatment of eyes can result in a successful claim for compensation. Common problems relate to correcting long or short-sightedness by laser surgery (please see below), trauma to the eyes and the treatment of glaucoma.
Orthopaedics (bones and joints) | |
The most common problem in orthopaedic medicine is failure to diagnose, manage and treat a fracture. Please see our expertise in Accident and Emergency Medicine.
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Pharmacology is the study of drug action. It is the study of drugs, of the body’s reaction to drugs, the sources of drugs, their nature and their properties. For patients getting their drug medication right is important as not doing so can have catastrophic results.
Radiology | |
This involves the study of radiographs or other imaging techniques such as CT scansor MRI scan. The misdiagnosis of results can have serious consequences.
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