A stab victim who was left with irreversible brain damage after what a Judge described as “failures in medical care” at the hospital that was treating him, has been awarded £850,000 plus additional, ongoing payments for the rest of his life.

Leslie Dye, 57, who had been stabbed in the neck, was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex where medical staff treating him failed to interpret a scan correctly. As a result, he suffered a cardiac arrest which starved his brain of oxygen and left him permanently disabled. He now requires full time, professional care.

Mr Dye, who had previously worked as a taxi driver, is now cared for full time at a centre that specialises in treating patients with traumatic brain injury that can charge up to £4000 per week.

His daughter, Emma, brought the compensation claim on her father’s behalf.

Mr Justice Burnett at the High Court said in his judgement that it (more…)

West Midlands born Holly Nixon was left with permanent brain damage, it was revealed recently. According to reports from the BBC and the local newspaper, The Kidderminster Shuttle, Holly, now six years old, was starved of oxygen during her birth in 2003. The Kidderminster family are now dealing with life after the incident which has left their daughter with cerebral palsy.

In the years since, the family has constantly made claims of the hospital’s negligence and had been fighting the Worcester Actute Hospital’s NHS trust for a compensation claim ever since.

Out of court negotiations went well with a £2 million pound settlement agreed, with additional payments for the rest of her life, which may well reach over another £2 million.

Holly, who is now permanently brain damaged, has limited (more…)

One of the largest ever class actions in British medical history is being faced by Liverpool Women’s NHS Trust Foundation, following over 200 claims concerning bladder operations being botched by Consultant George Rowland between the late 1990s – 2007 at Aintree Centre for Women’s Health.

Mr Rowland performed 1500 operations at the Centre during this period on patients suffering from incontinence problems, so the number of claimants could double after investigations have unearthed problems with 30% of his cases.

He operated on patients with incontinence, many of whom have since suffered painful side effects and more severely with the original problem than before their operations.

Independent investigators have concluded that Mr Rowland also operated unnecessarily on female patients after (more…)