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Jodi Newton

Early Notification Scheme – is it helping or failing...

What is the Early Notification Scheme? The NHS Early Notification Scheme (“ENS”) has reached its sixth anniversary. Established in April 2017,...

Stephanie Prior

Are pharmacy closures putting patients at risk?

It has been reported in the press that chemist closures will have an impact on patients living in deprived or...

Nicholas Leahy

Osbornes Instructed After Local Authority Data Breach

Osbornes Law have recently negotiated a settlement on behalf of two clients who had their personal information inadvertently released to...

Stephanie Prior

Private Pregnancy Scans and Substandard Care

In the news, it has been reported that private clinics that offer pregnancy scans to women are not meeting the...

Elline Demetriou

5-figure settlement for infusion leak to mother

Elline Demetriou has reached another successful outcome for a Claimant, who pursued a post C-section birth injury to mother claim...

Elline Demetriou

The risk of extravasation injuries during iron infusion...

Many patients with low iron, particularly during pregnancy or postnatally, may be advised they need an iron infusion such as...

Stephanie Prior

Perineal Tear case settles for 6-figure sum

Stephanie Prior recently settled a birth injury claim relating to a woman who delivered her baby after a traumatic labour....

Nicholas Leahy

Court avoided after settlement agreed in dental negligence...

The Medical Negligence team have recently negotiated the settlement of a complex dental negligence case. Our client experienced a number...

Nicholas Leahy

Delayed cancer diagnosis results in five figure settlement

The medical negligence team at Osbornes Law has recently settled a case involving a patient who passed away following a...

Stephanie Prior

Successful settlement for negligent care during kidney transplant...

Claimant v Royal Free London NHS Trust Osbornes have reached a settlement agreement on behalf of a Claimant who brought...

Elline Demetriou

Successful claim against dental practice after negligent treatment

Osbornes Law have reached another successful outcome for a client, who pursued a claim against dental practitioners due to medical...

Ambulance outside a hospital Accident and Emergency department.

Tahsin Choudhury

Transfer time from ambulance to A&E causing...

The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) have identified that patients may come into risk of harm whilst waiting in ambulances...

Jodi Newton

Breast cancer screening mammograms and negligence

Breast cancer screening has improved significantly in the UK due to research bettering the understanding of this terrible disease, which...

Doctor Or GP In Office Meeting Teenage Female Patient

Tahsin Choudhury

Women more likely to have symptoms ignored by...

An increasing number of women in the UK feel brushed off by GPs when presenting with real symptoms, with many...

Stephanie Prior

Are maternity services safe? – Part 2

In April last year I wrote a piece about government setting up a taskforce to look into why there are...

Pregnant woman performing cardiotocography CTG

Jodi Newton

Poor interpretation of CTG can result in stillbirth...

Poor interpretation of a Cardiotocograph, more commonly known as a CTG, is a leading cause of stillbirth and brain injuries...

Stephanie Prior

New interactive rating tool reveals NHS wait times...

Amidst record-breaking heatwaves and a lengthy patient waiting list due to COVID backlogs, it is not surprising that this summer...

Medical doctor in empty hospital corridor

Stephanie Prior

Successful settlement for birth injury that led to...

Stephanie Prior’s case relating to the death of Gabriela Pintilie has settled and has been approved by the High...

Insulin injection needle or pen for use by diabetics

Tahsin Choudhury

Insulin overdose in hospitals due to limited staff...

A century ago, insulin was first used to treat a 14-year-old boy dying of type 1 diabetes A hundred years later,...

Elline Demetriou

GP Negligence claim leading to fatality successfully settled

Osbornes acted for a Claimant who brought proceedings on behalf of the estate of her late son, X, relating to...

Tahsin Choudhury

NHS aims to reduce waiting times with Elective...

The NHS recently recorded their waiting list to be at 6.5 million, a record high. Much of this backlog is due...

Stephanie Prior

Nottingham Maternity: Donna Ockenden to Chair Independent Inquiry

An interim report on the state of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has just been released. However,...

Nicholas Leahy

Justice for client who suffered serious birth injuries

The Clinical Negligence team at Osbornes Law have recently negotiated the settlement of a case in which our client sustained...

Stephanie Prior

Calls for Public Inquiry into Vaginal Mesh Surgery

A leading professor from the University of Oxford has called for a public inquiry into the use of vaginal mesh...

Jodi Newton

Severe abdominal pain prolonged due to failed surgery

Jodi Newton was instructed in a claim against London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust where our client suffered serious...

Tahsin Choudhury

Late Cancer Diagnosis Crisis Within NHS

The Health and Social Care Committee recently released a 52-page report on cancer services, expanding on the crisis in England (...

Stephanie Prior

Stephanie Prior Comments on the Ockenden ‘Maternity Scandal’...

Following the publication of the Ockenden Report, an independent review of maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust,...

Stephanie Prior

NHS Gynaecology waiting lists rise due to coronavirus

It has been reported today in the press that as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, gynaecology waiting lists in...

Stephanie Prior

Nerve injury following bowel surgery

Stephanie Prior was instructed in a claim against Luton & Dunstable University Hospital where our client sustained an injury to...

Cancer treatment in a modern medical private clinic

Stephanie Prior

Record high waiting lists put cancer patient lives...

In early January 2022 there were nearly six million people in England waiting for routine operations and treatment: a record high....

Stephanie Prior

Women from ethnic minorities experience worse maternity care

It has been reported today that the government has set up a new task force to look into why there...

Jodi Newton

999 Call Handlers Maternity Instructions Report

HSIB Report on Maternity Pre-arrival Instructions from 999 Call Handlers The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (“HSIB”) investigate NHS maternity incidents that...

Pregnant Woman and Gynecologist Doctor at Hospit

Stephanie Prior

Recent birth injury cases

Osbornes Law specialises in helping families who have suffered a birth injury. We have represented families who have suffered the...

Female surgeon with medical reports running

Stephanie Prior

Recent fatal medical negligence cases

Osbornes Law specialises in helping families who have suffered a fatality due to inadequate medical care. Our specialist team is...

Jodi Newton

Recent cancer misdiagnosis negligence cases

Osbornes Law specialises in helping families who have suffered due to a delay or missed cancer diagnosis. We represent clients...

Stephanie Prior

Recent Brain Injury Client Stories

Osbornes Law specialises in helping families who have suffered a brain injury as a result of medical negligence. Our specialist...

Jodi Newton

Recent cerebral palsy cases

Osbornes Law specialises in helping families where a child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. We represent clients and families...

Shot of a doctor showing a patient some information

Nicholas Leahy

Serious Injury Following TVT Surgery

Case Summary Our client, SG, attended her GP in December 2015 complaining of urinary symptoms including leaking when she laughed or...

Jodi Newton

Likely settlement of £15-20 million for cerebral palsy...

A client who suffered cerebral palsy injuries at birth was awarded £200,000 as an interim payment in a claim against NHS...

Stephanie Prior

Basildon hospital maternity unit still needs improvements

A Channel 4 News investigation into the maternity scandal at Basildon Hospital, which is part of the Mid & South Essex...

Nicholas Leahy

Court of Appeal Judgement on Secondary Victim Cases

Judgment was today handed down by the Court of Appeal in the cases of Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Foundation...

Nicholas Leahy

Wrongful birth claim successfully settled

Background Our client, J, fell pregnant in October 2015 and took the difficult decision to undergo a termination. She booked an...

Stephanie Prior

Five-figure Compensation for Cardiac Negligence

In this cardiac negligence claim, we were instructed by a 42-year-old Polish man who had attended the Accident and Emergency...

Stephanie Prior

6 Figure Settlement For Heart Attack Claim

In this cardiac claim, we were instructed by the widow of a 55-year-old man, who had complained of chest pain...

Jodi Newton

Vaccine Related Blood Clots And Delays in Diagnosis

Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism and Vaccine Induced Blood Clots The worldwide COVID-19 immunisation programme has been in full swing...

Stephanie Prior

Maternity claim for fatality following caesarean section

Stephanie Prior is acting for a gentleman whose wife died after she had a caesarean section. The claim is on...

Stephanie Prior

Longer wait for ambulances endangering lives

According to recent NHS figures, in October this year patients in England who were presenting with potential heart attacks or...

Stephanie Prior

How do I obtain my GP medical records...

If you want to obtain copies of your medical records from your GP or the hospital where you have been...

Elline Demetriou

The effect of the pandemic on GP consultations

Remote appointments have been one of the measures adopted by GP Practices in the UK throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It...

Stephanie Prior

NICE revises guidelines on Induced labour

Most babies are born naturally at around 40 weeks gestation. However, some pregnancies continue for longer. According to data from the...

Jodi Newton

Preventing diagnosis delays of lung cancer

Lung cancer is one of the most common and serious types of cancer – sadly, it is often incurable. In common...

Elline Demetriou

Voicing concerns about a medical professional

A leading professor of cancer medicine and oncology based in London has been found guilty by a Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal...

Nicholas Leahy

Medical Negligence Case Study: Iron infusion cannula injury

Nick Leahy, Solicitor in Osbornes Clinical Negligence team recovered damages for his client who suffered an extravasation injury following an...

medical negligence & the diagnosis Sepsis

Nicholas Leahy

Sepsis – greater awareness can lead to better outcomes

In September 2019, I attended the Brain Injury Group’s Sepsis training event in the City of London together with my...

Ambulance vehicles at the Royal London Hospital

Stephanie Prior

Ambulance Delays Affecting Rapid Patient Treatment

In 2017, the Secretary of State for Health accepted the new ambulance performance standards recommended by NHS England, meaning that the 11...

Elderly woman hold smartphone feels disappointed by received bad news

Stephanie Prior

NHS Waiting Lists Impacting Patient Diagnosis

With waiting lists for NHS England at an all-time high, there is an increased risk that life-threatening conditions are not...

Stephanie Prior

Compensation for Negligence in Maternity Cases

According to the UK’s National Audit Office, the cost to the NHS of medical negligence compensation is currently sitting...

Stephanie Prior

Can I Complain About Substandard Medical Treatment?

Most people have positive experiences with medical professionals and are satisfied with the medical treatment they receive. However, in some...

Nicholas Leahy

Osbornes represent family of NHS employee

Osbornes Law is representing the family of a former NHS employee who suffered a painful death due to negligent hospital...

Stephanie Prior

Vulnerable man suffers stroke after carers fail to...

Grandfather who almost dies after ‘negligent’ care receives £900,000 settlement A grandfather who had a stroke and almost died when carers...

Nicholas Leahy

Osbornes Successfully Settle Wrongful Birth Claim

Nicholas Leahy, clinical negligence lawyer at Osbornes Law has recently negotiated the successful settlement of a wrongful birth case. Our...

Stephanie Prior

Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch

The HSIB (Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch) is an independent organisation made up of a team of investigators and analysts whose...

Nicholas Leahy

Family In Cardiac Negligence Claim Against NHS Trust

Nick Leahy, medical negligence solicitor at Osbornes Law was instructed to pursue a cardiac compensation claim on behalf of the...

Stephanie Prior

Substandard care by GP

Stephanie Prior acted on behalf of J in connection with a claim relating to substandard care by her GP. The...

Stephanie Prior

Substandard Nursing Care

Stephanie Prior acted on behalf of Mr G DA in connection with a claim relating to substandard nursing care by...

Nicholas Leahy

Legal Support For Bereaved Families

What legal support is available for bereaved families? The loss of a loved one is an extremely distressing time for...

Jodi Newton

Failure to prescribe anti-coagulant medication proves fatal

Executor of the Estate of DS and another v James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The Clinical Negligence team...

Osbornes Law are delighted to announce that Jodi...

The accreditation means that Jodi is recognised by AvMA as a specialist medical negligence lawyer. AvMA is the only UK...

Nicholas Leahy

Stillbirth following water birth at home

Nicholas Leahy acted for a young woman who had a water birth at home and two midwives were allocated to...

Stephanie Prior

Impacted Fetal Head During Labour: Maternity Negligence

According to the World Health Organisation, labour is considered obstructed when the fetus cannot progress along the birth canal, despite...

Nicholas Leahy

NHS Plans To Centralise Patient Medical Data Cause...

Recent news coverage has highlighted the growing concern over plans by NHS Digital (which runs the NHS’s IT system)...

Nicholas Leahy

NHS Plans To Centralise Patient Medical Data Cause...

Recent news coverage has highlighted the growing concern over plans by NHS Digital (which runs the NHS’s IT system)...

Stephanie Prior

Surgical Negligence claim

The Clinical Negligence team at Osbornes Law have many years’ experience of representing patients who have been injured as a...

Stephanie Prior

Neurological pressure sore injury claim

Our client (Mr B) was admitted to hospital following a neurological injury. One of his pressure sores was at the...

Stephanie Prior

Orthopaedic injury: LR v Basildon and Thurrock University...

Our client LR was 69 years old had a fall at home and was taken to the A&E Department...

Stephanie Prior

Seven figure settlement for brain injury

F sustained a brain injury leaving her with severely impaired mobility and wheelchair dependent. In November 2013, F, 76, tripped and fell...

Stephanie Prior

Emergency services failed to attend to a 999 call...

Stephanie Prior acted for J, who was a dependent of C his partner. C suffered from epileptic seizures as a...

Stephanie Prior

Fatality of child caused by incorrect diagnosis

KRB was born in 2000 and was a patient at Whipp’s Cross Hospital. In the Autumn of 2014 he was feeling...

Stephanie Prior

Erb’s palsy injury caused by well-know private...

Our solicitor secured Erb’s palsy injury compensation against a well-known obstetrician who works for the country’s best-known private...

Stephanie Prior

Erb’s Palsy injury suffered during delivery

Our solicitor acted for a boy who suffered an Erb’s Palsy injury during delivery, due to the midwife’s...

Jodi Newton

Cerebral Palsy injuries suffered at birth likely settlement...

A client who suffered cerebral palsy injuries at birth was awarded over £375,000 as an interim payment in a claim against...

Nicholas Leahy

Failure to diagnose and treat Ogilvie’s syndrome

Our client suffered the consequences of a delayed diagnosis of Ogilvie’s syndrome following the birth of her daughter by...

Stephanie Prior

Injury Caused During Treatment

Our medical negligence solicitors were instructed to pursue a claim against Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust for injury caused...

Stephanie Prior

Failure to diagnose acute myocardial infarction

Medical negligence solicitor Stephanie Prior instructed to bring a claim against North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust on behalf of...

Nicholas Leahy

Failed to identify nerve damage caused during operation

The Clinical Negligence team at Osbornes Law have this week successfully negotiated the settlement of a case in which our...

Nicholas Leahy

Elderly man dies after fall from hospital bed

A hospital trust has apologised after a vulnerable 84-year-old man died due to negligence after he fell out of bed...

Stephanie Prior

Patient Safety Incident Response Framework

What is the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) According to the NHS website, the PSIRF is a key part...

Stephanie Prior

Delays in removing Ureteric Stents

In February 2020, the Health Care Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) published an interim bulletin in relation to the ‘Unplanned delayed removal...

Jodi Newton

Patient Safety Investigations

Duty of Candour Investigating incidents that have led, or could lead to harm is an important safeguard for patient safety...

Stephanie Prior

Claims Against Basildon Hospital

At Osbornes our specialist medical negligence solicitors represent a number of women who have been affected by poor maternity care...

Stephanie Prior

When is a referral urgent?

What is a referral and how is it arranged? Patients are entitled to ask to be referred for specialist treatment...

Stephanie Prior

Parental Bereavement Leave & Pay

Leave and pay when a child dies Pregnancy and childbirth can be very exciting but anxious times for both parents. ...

Eloise Mears

Maternity Restrictions Increasing Anxiety for Expectant Mums’

We may be allowed to visit the pub with friends, eat out again at our favourite restaurants and even return...

Osbornes Helps Client Who Suffered Permanent Injuries After...

Jodi Newton, Solicitor in Osbornes clinical negligence team, settled a claim earlier this month for her client, who suffered a...

Jodi Newton

Osbornes Helps Client Who Suffers From Permanent Injuries...

Jodi Newton, Solicitor in Osbornes clinical negligence team, settled a claim earlier this month for her client, who suffered a...

Jodi Newton

Osbornes help family following a cancer misdiagnosis dating...

Jodi Newton, clinical negligence solicitor Osbornes Law, recently settled a claim for the family of a lady who died from...

Stephanie Prior

Reform is needed for inquests and inquiries relating...

It has been reported that an ‘influential thinktank has urged the Lord Chancellor to grant automatic legal aid to bereaved...

Jodi Newton

Three-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was given...

A three-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who doctors thought would never walk took her first steps on day one of...

Stephanie Prior

Steep Increase In Delayed Diagnosis Damages Awards

Claims for compensation for delayed diagnosis, harm and deaths sadly continue to rise. The president of the Royal College of...

Jodi Newton

Volunteering for AvMA – a formidable resource and important...

Early in my career as a clinical negligence solicitor, AvMA, quickly caught my attention. AvMA is a charity and is...

Ben Posford

Choosing a solicitor for someone who has suffered...

According to the organisation Headway, more than 1 million people attend Accident and Emergency Departments with a head injury every year...

Stephanie Prior

COVID-19 Update: NHS to pause dealing with Complaints

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, NHS England has paused the investigation of new and existing complaints to enable clinical...

Stephanie Prior

Social Isolation and Vulnerable Clients

Many of my clients are residents in nursing homes or live alone and receive care from family and friends on...

Stephanie Prior

Investigation into the death of a 14 year old...

A teenage girl with autism died following an MRI scan under general anaesthetic. This has sparked an investigation by the...

Stephanie Prior

NHS missed fracture

What happens if the hospital missed a fracture? What is a bone fracture? A bone fracture occurs when the structure...

Stephanie Prior

East Kent NHS Trust maternity services under review

An inquest held in January concluded that the death of baby Harry Richford at a hospital in Margate in 2017 was “...

Stephanie Prior

GP numbers falling at fastest rate for 50 years

GP numbers falling at the fastest rate for 50 years A recent investigation by the Nuffield Trust carried out on behalf...

Nicholas Leahy

Why safety improvements for the placement of nasogastric...

The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has this month launched an investigation looking at the implementation of safety improvements for the...

Stephanie Prior

NHS complaints procedure: Your rights and how to...

The NHS Constitution is a document written by the Government that lays out the core principles and values of the...

Nicholas Leahy

Inquest held for former cab driver

A former black cab driver starved himself to death in hospital after being allowed to refuse food and drink despite...

Stephanie Prior

Failure to diagnose a heart problem

Failure to diagnose a heart problem – education is the key Our hearts are the pumps that keep us alive by...

Inquest into death of Gabriela Pintilie concludes

Gabriela’s husband Ionel Pintilie said: “Losing Gabriela at a time that should have been one of the happiest of...

Inquest into death of mum at troubled maternity...

An inquest into the death of a mum at a scandal-hit maternity ward hours after she gave birth will begin...

Stephanie Prior

Winter in the NHS: A Bleak Outlook

It seems that every winter we are told that the NHS is now at breaking point and we discover that...

Pain killer overdose causes catastrophic brain injury

A woman suffered a catastrophic brain injury after she was accidentally given a ‘toxic’ overdose of an unlicensed and unapproved...

Stephanie Prior

Stephanie Prior announced as Clinical Negligence Lawyer of...

Our Head of Clinical Negligence, Stephanie Prior, received the accolade of Clinical Negligence Lawyer of The Year, at this year’...

Nicholas Leahy

Fatal Claim against West London NHS Trust

I recently acted in a claim for a fatality against West London NHS Trust for damages under the Law Reform (...

Stephanie Prior

Mum had stillborn baby after being sent home

A young mum has spoken of the horror of having her child stillborn after she was sent home twice by...

Stephanie Prior

Cancer: Delay in Diagnosis and Chances of Survival

According to Macmillan Cancer Support there are apparently an estimated 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK. It is...

Stephanie Prior

Criminal Consultant Surgeon Ian Paterson Cost the NHS £18...

Former Consultant surgeon Ian Patterson has been found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent. In May this year he...

Has The Government Buried NHS England’s 18-Week...

In 2004, the Government introduced an 18-week NHS target , so that no patient in England should have to wait longer than 18...

Stephanie Prior

CQC finds long delays at Royal Cornwall Hospitals

A report from inspectors at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed that patients who have had to wait too...

Computer Problems In The NHS Estimated To Cause...

Harold Thimbleby, the Professor of Computer Science at Swansea University, together with Martyn Thomas, Professor of Information Technology at Gresham...

Stephanie Prior

Thinking About Going Abroad for Cosmetic Surgery?

People from the UK travel abroad for plastic surgery, as on the face of it, it can cost substantially less...

Stephanie Prior

Stephanie Prior explains possible causes of fatal Strep...

In an article published by the Essex Chronicle, Stephanie Prior, Head of Medical Negligence, shares her view on what could...

Stephanie Prior

Never Events in the NHS

The NHS performs over 7 million surgical procedures every year, and the vast majority of these are successful. However, occasionally something...

Stephanie Prior

Importance Of Timely Diagnosis In Heart Attack Cases

Every year in the United Kingdom there are over 200,000 hospital visits due to heart attacks, which equates to one visit...

Nicholas Leahy

Bereavement Award

A Historic Decision In the case of Smith v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Ors (Rev 2) [2017] EWCA Civ 1916,...

Stephanie Prior

Successful Claim After Ambulance Delay

Stephanie Prior, Head of Medical Negligence acted for J, who was a dependent of C his partner. C suffered from...

Nicholas Leahy

Brain injured woman awarded seven figure damages

Our client, a 76 year old woman, tripped and fell on some stairs when she was on her way out of...

Stephanie Prior

Shrewsbury Baby Scandal

A review into the deaths and injuries of babies at the NHS maternity unit at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital...

Bereavement Damages

At the end of 2017, the Court of Appeal released its judgement in the case Jacqueline Smith v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals...

Stephanie Prior

Dr Jane Barton Report

The latest scandal facing the NHS is the case of now retired Doctor Jane Barton, who on her watch between 1988...

Stephanie Prior

The NHS, Computers and Breast Cancer

According to reporting from the BBC, as the consequence of a computer error, nearly half a million women in England...

Stephanie Prior

Research Into Avoidable Birth Related Brain Injury

Around 1.5 million babies worldwide each year acquire some sort of brain damage during birth. It is also estimated that each...

Stephanie Prior

Fatal Sepsis Misdiagnosed As Flu

First of all, a bit of background on the current UK flu season. Right now, in health-related media matters a...

Stephanie Prior

New treatment for Prostate Cancer Patients

The Royal Marsden Hospital and Guys Hospital, two leading London centres of excellence have just joined an exciting new medical...

Stephanie Prior

Painkillers In Pregnancy Linked to Cerebral Palsy

Every year in the UK, nearly 2,000 babies and young children are diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, a complex neurological disorder that...

Is Brexit Putting NHS Patient Care At Risk?

The UK has been a member of the European Union (EU) for over 40 years. Over this period, all areas of...

Link found between powerful epilepsy drug and abnormalities...

Sodium Valproate, a powerful epilepsy drug which is prescribed in the UK under the brand names Epilim, Episenta and Epical,...

The NHS is footing the huge Private Ambulance...

Amid recent and widespread criticism of the NHS’ use of privately contracted ambulance companies, it has been revealed today that...

Nursing Vacancies In The NHS Leads to Growing...

At a time when healthcare professionals working for the NHS are working under increasing pressure with ever dwindling resources, it...

Missing the 4-hour A&E Target Endangers Patient...

In the UK, the Accident and Emergency ( A and E) Departments are considered a, ‘barometer of the whole emergency care...

Stephanie Prior

Calls for Public Inquiry into Vaginal Mesh Surgery

A leading professor from the University of Oxford has called for a public inquiry into the use of vaginal mesh...

Stephanie Prior

Can A New Blood Test Diagnose Heart Attacks...

It has been recently reported that new research carried out has developed new blood tests to diagnose heart attacks. The...

Inquest finds negligence led to man’s death

On Tuesday 13th September 2016, Chelmsford coroner’s court recorded a narrative verdict and found that serious medical failings led to...

Stephanie Prior

Inquest rules negligence after death of 14 year old

An inquest has ruled that Whipps Cross Hospital, which is part of the Bart NHS Trust was negligent in the...

Stephanie Prior

ML v Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

M the Claimant pursued a claim in relation to surgical negligence arising from D’s failure to provide her with...

Nicholas Leahy

Bowel Cancer need not be a killer

Cancer is a word that attracts stigma. Many people believe that if you are diagnosed with cancer you are going...

Stephanie Prior

Drastic changes to cancer treatment in the UK...

The New Year welcomed us with some significant changes in relation to cancer and treatment. The Government’s Cancer Drugs...

Stephanie Prior

When is Cataract Surgery Negligent?

Losing your eyesight is a life-changing experience. When preparing for surgery to save your eyesight you need to make sure...

Claims Against Private Clinics

The general rule at common law is that a Defendant is liable for the negligent act of a servant committed...

Stephanie Prior

Can Stillbirths be prevented?

It has been reported in the press that as many as half of stillbirths in the UK could be prevented...

Stephanie Prior

Family of Birth Injury Victim receive Compensation

The family of a boy left severely brain-damaged by complications at his birth in hospital have accepted £6 million in compensation....

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Early Notification Scheme – is it helping or failing...

Are pharmacy closures putting patients at risk?

Osbornes Instructed After Local Authority Data Breach

Private Pregnancy Scans and Substandard Care

5-figure settlement for infusion leak to mother

The risk of extravasation injuries during iron infusion...

Perineal Tear case settles for 6-figure sum

Court avoided after settlement agreed in dental negligence...

Delayed cancer diagnosis results in five figure settlement

Successful settlement for negligent care during kidney transplant...

Successful claim against dental practice after negligent treatment

Transfer time from ambulance to A&E causing...

Breast cancer screening mammograms and negligence

Women more likely to have symptoms ignored by...

Are maternity services safe? – Part 2

Poor interpretation of CTG can result in stillbirth...

New interactive rating tool reveals NHS wait times...

Successful settlement for birth injury that led to...

Insulin overdose in hospitals due to limited staff...

GP Negligence claim leading to fatality successfully settled

NHS aims to reduce waiting times with Elective...

Nottingham Maternity: Donna Ockenden to Chair Independent Inquiry

Justice for client who suffered serious birth injuries

Calls for Public Inquiry into Vaginal Mesh Surgery

Severe abdominal pain prolonged due to failed surgery

Late Cancer Diagnosis Crisis Within NHS

Stephanie Prior Comments on the Ockenden ‘Maternity Scandal’...

NHS Gynaecology waiting lists rise due to coronavirus

Nerve injury following bowel surgery

Record high waiting lists put cancer patient lives...

Women from ethnic minorities experience worse maternity care

999 Call Handlers Maternity Instructions Report

Recent birth injury cases

Recent fatal medical negligence cases

Recent cancer misdiagnosis negligence cases

Recent Brain Injury Client Stories

Recent cerebral palsy cases

Serious Injury Following TVT Surgery

Likely settlement of £15-20 million for cerebral palsy...

Basildon hospital maternity unit still needs improvements

Court of Appeal Judgement on Secondary Victim Cases

Wrongful birth claim successfully settled

Five-figure Compensation for Cardiac Negligence

6 Figure Settlement For Heart Attack Claim

Vaccine Related Blood Clots And Delays in Diagnosis

Maternity claim for fatality following caesarean section

Longer wait for ambulances endangering lives

How do I obtain my GP medical records...

The effect of the pandemic on GP consultations

NICE revises guidelines on Induced labour

Preventing diagnosis delays of lung cancer

Voicing concerns about a medical professional

Medical Negligence Case Study: Iron infusion cannula injury

Sepsis – greater awareness can lead to better outcomes

Ambulance Delays Affecting Rapid Patient Treatment

NHS Waiting Lists Impacting Patient Diagnosis

Compensation for Negligence in Maternity Cases

Can I Complain About Substandard Medical Treatment?

Osbornes represent family of NHS employee

Vulnerable man suffers stroke after carers fail to...

Osbornes Successfully Settle Wrongful Birth Claim

Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch

Family In Cardiac Negligence Claim Against NHS Trust

Substandard care by GP

Substandard Nursing Care

Legal Support For Bereaved Families

Failure to prescribe anti-coagulant medication proves fatal

Osbornes Law are delighted to announce that Jodi...

Stillbirth following water birth at home

Impacted Fetal Head During Labour: Maternity Negligence

NHS Plans To Centralise Patient Medical Data Cause...

NHS Plans To Centralise Patient Medical Data Cause...

Surgical Negligence claim

Neurological pressure sore injury claim

Orthopaedic injury: LR v Basildon and Thurrock University...

Seven figure settlement for brain injury

Emergency services failed to attend to a 999 call...

Fatality of child caused by incorrect diagnosis