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A Grandmother has won £35,000 in damages after she had to pay £24,000 to have painful dental implants following the loss of 13 teeth. The 62 year old Grandmother from Preston was left almost completely toothless after her dentist of 30 years failed to recognise or provide correct treatment for gum disease. She has recently won £35,000 damages in an out of court settlement after taking legal action against her dentist.
Concerns regarding level of care patients receive from the British healthcare service are increasing amongst medical professionals in the North West. A multitude of people within differing professions were surveyed in the British Health Report. The British Health Report has uncovered opinions of stakeholders involved in the NHS and their services and also from medical professionals and the general public.
A woman, whose baby suffered brain damage during his birth, has won a 16-year fight against the NHS for £5.25m compensation. The mother claimed medics neglected to give her proper advice which may have meant her son had a safer caesarean birth instead. She believes she should have been made aware of all the risks surrounding her son’s birth but, as a result of complications during delivery, her son was born with severe disabilities.
A worrying snowball effect is occurring amongst Merseyside hospitals which are thought to be as a result of recent spending cuts to essential departments. Merseyside Trusts are giving out huge sums of money in medical compensation as medical blunders. £11m has been paid out in compensation claims from Liverpool Women’s Hospital and £15.6m from Arrowe Park.
How much investigation is it reasonable to carry out where misconduct is alleged? It’s a question every employer asks from time to time because a great deal hinges on what is discovered, and what could be discovered, by carefully looking into all the circumstances. And employers know just how important it is to reach the right conclusions. In Shrestha v Genesis the employee argued that his employer hadn’t done enough.
A security guard has won damages from a Ministry of Defence owned company for unfair dismissal. The 52 year old ex-employee was awarded £26,000 after a tribunal ruled he suffered discrimination while working for the defence firm.
People are living longer and now national data predicts that 50% of people are expected to have to battle cancer at some stage in their lives. To increase chances of survival, cancer needs to be diagnosed quickly and treated quickly. Some cancers are so aggressive that delays to treatment can mean the difference between life and death which is why the NHS has strict targets on diagnosis and treatment.