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According to a recent NHS report, numerous mothers and babies tragically died at NHS hospitals in Manchester and Oldham.
The medical review was carried out in June by the maternity director, Deborah Carter, at the Pennine Acute Hospital Trusts, which operates North Manchester General and Royal Oldham hospitals. The report highlighted that mothers and babies were dying due to ‘clinical errors, poor staff attitudes and chronic shortages’. Ms Carter highlighted that negligence caused a ‘string of avoidable deaths and long-term injuries caused by failures over many years’.
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Many operations performed are successful and go without any complications. However, in some cases, mistakes are made, and a patient may have to deal with the adverse consequences.
Having surgery can already be very stressful, so to discover afterwards that something went wrong can be even more distressing; especially if this is going to affect the person’s life.
Surgical errors can happen for a number of reasons, and where they have taken place due to negligence, you may be able to claim for compensation.
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Mental health services in Hull and East Riding have been deemed as inadequate, investigations have revealed.
England’s health regulator has disclosed that patients have been waiting too long for help; senior managers are chaotic and nurses are pushed to the limit because of severe staff shortages.
The Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as inadequate at providing safe services.
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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot that often begins in your leg, and moves its way up to your lungs and blocks blood vessels. It can damage the lungs and other organs that could lead to heart failure, due to lack of oxygen in the blood.
Although DVT can happen for no apparent reason it’s generally linked to people being immobile for a long period of time like passengers on long haul flights or being bedridden. Pregnant women are also at risk from DVT, and it has been linked in some cases with women who take the contraceptive pill. People who have suffered heart failure or cancer are also at risk from DVT as well.
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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has been fined due to safety failings after the death of a patient who drowned during a canoeing activity event.
Mansoor Elahi was 31 from Rochadale. He was an inpatient in Birch Hill Hospital when he drowned at Hollingworth Lake, Rochdale, on 5th of September 2013.
Mr Elahi was taking part in a rafted canoeing activity that had been pre-arranged by an outdoor activity centre working in partnership with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. During this activity he removed his buoyancy aid and jumped into the water in an attempt to end his life.
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Your skin acts as a barrier for infection – but when a patient undergoes surgery, there is a chance of contracting an infection from open wounds.
These infections occur on the body where the surgery took place, and with any surgery, it’s important to know that there is always a chance of an infection afterwards.
Infections can occur just in the area of the skin where the incision was made; beneath the incision in the tissue or muscle; or it can be serious and affect organs or other parts of the body. While most infections can be cleared up with antibiotics, some can be serious, particularly if left untreated. Particularly if an infection is caused by medical negligence then a patient has a right to pursue a claim for compensation.
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A delayed diagnosis can have a huge effect on both the victim and their loved ones and in some cases can mean the difference between life or death. It can also be the difference between whether a person end ups permanently disabled, and what treatment they might have to undergo.
A delayed diagnosis can cause prolonged pain and suffering, potential future cost for both the victim and their family, and further medical treatment that could have been avoided. All of these things can have a detrimental effect both on the victim of a delayed diagnoses and their family.
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A west Yorkshire mum was mistakenly given medication to treat schizophrenia instead of medication to treat restless leg syndrome that she had sought medical advice for.
M Manning Pharmacy in Leeds gave the 60-year-old Mum the anti-psychotic drug risperidone which she unknowingly took for more than a month before the error was spotted. Upon contacting the pharmacy she was advised to refrain from taking any further doses of the medication and instructed to seek medical attention.
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