Cardiff Personal Injury Blog

Gwent councils see £300k payouts

Posted: February 1, 2014

Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents 

Four of Gwent’s councils have had to payout more than £300k in the last five years due to motorists claiming against refuse vehicles. This was recently uncovered in a Freedom of Information request made to Blaenau Gwent, Newport, Torfaen, Monmouthshire and Caerphilly councils, asking how much they had paid out in compensation between 2008-13 to […]

Increased rescues for RNLI in 2013

Posted: January 28, 2014

Posted in: Uncategorised 

The RNLI saw a severe increase in call-out numbers due to the severe weather conditions and flooding of 2013.  New figures have revealed that 1,127 lifeboats were launched during the year, which is up on the average number of call-outs by 13%. The figures further revealed that 1,155 people were rescued (up 23%) during these […]

Shorter 999 waiting time could have saved life

Posted: January 22, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A coroner believes that 74-year-old Fred Pring could have survived his heart failure had ambulances arrived within the eight-minute waiting time target. Mr Pring had been lying on the floor for over forty minutes before he died. His wife had phoned the emergency services four times, after being told that the service was “too busy”, with her […]

Ultrasound & MRI waiting times treble in Wales

Posted: January 13, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis 

The last two years has seen the waiting times for diagnostic services in Wales, such as MRI scans and ultrasounds, treble.  Patients are being forced to wait for these services for longer than they ever have before, with waiting times for general treatment in Wales also reaching its highest level in the last two years.  […]

NHS Wales paid out £117m in last three years

Posted: December 30, 2013

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

New figures have revealed that over the last three years, NHS Wales has paid out over £117m for personal injury and clinical negligence cases.  These figures were released by six of the seven Welsh health boards and the ambulance service, showing payouts totaling £177.6m since 2010.  The information was released following a freedom of information […]

Deaf man treated as a dementia patient

Posted: December 19, 2013

Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Nurses at Abergavenny’s Nevill Hall Hosptial treated an 80-year-old man as a dementia patient because no one had noted that he was severely deaf.  A health watchdog also found that staff at the hospital decided not to inform Mr W that he had developed cancer, and fitted him with a catheter despite not being incontinent.  […]

Report of medical negligence leaked

Posted: December 15, 2013

Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A document suggesting that poor heath care could have contributed to the death of a seven-year-old boy has leaked and been anonymously sent to his family.  Luke Jenkins, from Cardiff, had been in hospital for a heart operation and was expected to make a full recovery when he suffered a cardiac arrest and died shortly […]

Football club in court for health and safety breaches

Posted: December 1, 2013

Posted in: Public Place Accidents Sporting Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Caersws Football Club is to attend court after a goalpost fell and killed a 12-year-old boy. Nine of the football club’s officials are due to attend the hearing at Mold Crown Court next year, having been accused of breaching health and safety regulations. 12-year-old Casey Breese had been playing football with friends when the incident occurred […]

Rise in c. diff cases in north Wales

Posted: November 25, 2013

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

North Wales has seen a rise in patients affected by the superbug Clostridium difficile (C. diff) over the last month, with health officials currently trying to tackle the problem.  October saw 47 cases of the superbug being reported by Betsi Cadwaladr health board (BCUHB), a figure well above the average for Wales.  BCUHB said that […]

Mountain climber airlifted to hospital following serious fall

Posted: November 11, 2013

Posted in: Arm Injury Head & Brain Injuries Spine & Back Injuries 

This weekend saw two climbers being airlifted from a cliff in Gwynedd by the RAF after one of the climbers fell and was knocked unconscious.  The pair had been climbing at Tremadog near Porthmadog when the accident occurred.  Originally from Leeds, they had been scaling a cliff in Gwynedd – a popular climbing route known […]