Mistakes made in obstetrics and gynaecology account for more than half of the £60 million paid out by the NHS in negligence claims. These departments are responsible for hysterectomy operations, terminations, fertility treatment and childbirth …

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  The family of a young mother who died after doctors failed to diagnose her cancer secured a six-figure pay-out from an NHS body today. Lavinia Bletchly, a 23-year-old mother of two, was sent home from hospital three times before she died of the …

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  Compensation worth £3.45 million has been awarded to a 44-year-old woman who was brain damaged while undergoing treatment for gallstones at a hospital overseen by the Ministry of Defence. Wheelchair-bound Grannia East, of Portsmouth, suffered …

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  A newborn baby has been given a tuberculosis vaccine overdose at Scunthorpe General Hospital, according to the boy’s family. The boy was given 10 times the usual dose of 0.5mg of the BCG vaccine, according to the baby’s family lawyers. The baby, …

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  A police control room operator shot in a training exercise has agreed a six-figure compensation payout. Keith Tilbury, 56, was taking part in Thames Valley Police firearms awareness training in May 2007 when Pc David Micklethwaite shot him in …

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