14th November 2018
The mother of a girl with cystic fibrosis is to take legal action against NHS England after she was denied a drug which would prolong her life. Katie Stafford, six, who also has learning difficulties, was diagnosed with the condition at 16 days old and has been in and out of hospital since with the…
21st May 2018
James Bell, medical negligence partner at London law firm, Hodge Jones & Allen, said: “While today’s judgment does not give any relief to claimants, a number of other cases that have been on hold can now proceed. “I am acting for claimants who were implanted with mix and matched hip components – a stem from…
20th March 2018
James Bell, partner in the medical negligence department of Hodge Jones Allen, says: “We need to remember that seriously injured people, many with long term care needs, were undercompensated between 2001 – 2017 when the discount rate was set at the insurer friendly figure of 2.5%. The insurers made hay while the sun shone for…
15th February 2018
Commenting on today’s Department of Health consultation response to Introducing Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims, Agata Usewicz, head of the medical negligence team at London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen, says: “It is dispiriting that the NHS’s focus remains on clamping down of “spiralling” clinical negligence costs, when the most…
8th February 2018
The inquest into the death of 33-year-old Richard Handley from Lowestoft in Suffolk concluded today with a finding of gross failure to the actions of Ipswich Hospital, part of the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. In his narrative conclusion, HM Senior Coroner for Suffolk, Dr Peter Dean, found that changes to Richard’s diet and…
