Latest Clinical Negligence News
£3.4m help for Scottish thalidomide victims
by James Ratcliff on 4 March, 2010
Some 55 thalidomide victims in Scotland are to share £3.4 million of funding over the next three years.
Pc sues over ‘needless’ amputation
by James Ratcliff on 4 March, 2010
Topics: Clinical Negligence, News
A police officer who lost a leg after a hospital allegedly failed to detect an artery blockage is to sue for compensation.
Trusts ‘not complying with alerts’
by James Ratcliff on 25 February, 2010
Topics: Clinical Negligence, News
Hundreds of health trusts in England are putting patients at risk by not complying with safety alerts, a charity has said.
Six-figure sum for cancer widower
by James Ratcliff on 18 February, 2010
Topics: Clinical Negligence, News
A man who lost his wife to lung cancer in August 2004 after doctors missed a tumour on an X-ray has been awarded a six-figure, out-of-court NHS settlement.
Hospital sorry for forceps error
by James Ratcliff on 11 February, 2010
Topics: Clinical Negligence, News
A woman was left in agony after a set of forceps were left inside her after a routine operation.







