Cardiff Personal Injury Blog
Fatal heat illness not recognised
Posted: December 1, 2015
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
After a soldier died following an intensive punishment exercise, an inquest has revealed that no clear risk assessment was carried out beforehand, which would have been enough to save his life. 22-year-old Pte Gavin Williams was ordered to carry out the informal punishment exercise for being absent without leave. On one of the hottest days […]
Read MoreWeekend babies ‘significantly’ higher chance of death
Posted: November 29, 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
In a study published in the British Medical Journal has revealed that babies born in English hospitals at the weekend have a ‘significantly’ higher chance of dying than those born during the week. The study looked at the rates of stillbirths or deaths within seven days from 2010-12 and comprised more than 1.3 million births. […]
Read MoreOnly 88% being admitted in 4-hour A&E target
Posted: November 29, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims
In a seven-week study carried out by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine it has emerged that an average of 88% of patients attending Accident and Emergency units across the UK are being treated or admitted within the four-hour window. The target is 95% and College president, Dr Cliff Mann, has predicted that ‘worse is yet […]
Read MoreImproved safety required following third pond death
Posted: November 9, 2015
Posted in: Public Place Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
A teenager from Pembroke is the third person to die in a pond in Pembrokeshire this year. Robert Mansfield had been out with his friends celebrating his 18th birthday when he drowned in the pond in July. His aunt, Sue Mansfield, has created a petition calling for severe safety changes to be made to Mill […]
Read MoreRoad changes made following deaths
Posted: November 2, 2015
Posted in: Bus Accidents Pedestrian Injuries Public Transport Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
Following two deaths and a number of injures, Swansea’s Kingsway has been transformed into a new one-way system. Before the change, cars and lorries were restricted to one-way traffic, yet buses and taxis used a separate two-way section. However, after the second person was killed crossing the road in the last two years, the local […]
Read More‘Serious concerns’ over Wales’ midwives
Posted: October 26, 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence
Following a recent review of the midwifery system in north Wales, a number of “serious concerns” have been raised with regards to education and supervision. The “extraordinary review” was carried out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in July after it was decided that Bangor University withdraw their students from Glan Clwyd Hospital after […]
Read MoreHealth board is ‘not safe’
Posted: October 25, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence
A previous member of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has recently stated that the board is “not safe” after it was told that it must remain under special measures for a further two years. Rev Hywel Meredydd Davies was an independent board member until March 2015 and commented on the board’s failing after it […]
Read More3,000 dental patients being contacted after dentist re-uses equipment on them
Posted: October 20, 2015
Posted in: Dental Negligence Medical Negligence
A total of 3,000 dental patients are being contacted following concerns over a Cardiff dentist’s infection control procedures. Mark Roberts, who worked at Splott Road Dental Surgery from 1989 to February 2015, was found by a whistleblower to be re-using equipment between patients. The dentist admitted that he had re-used syringe cartridges and root canal […]
Read MoreIntroduction of colour-coded 999 call system
Posted: October 2, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence
Where meeting targets has been a long-lasting problem for the Welsh Ambulance Service, a new system has been put in place to put the most in-need patients first. The new system has put an end to emergency response time targets, only implementing them in life-threatening cases. A trial of this new system has been put […]
Read More12-year-old killed in fatal river swing fall
Posted: October 2, 2015
Posted in: Public Place Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
A 12-year-old boy from Llangollen, Denbighshire has died following a rope swing fall in the Dee Valley. Ethan Rainey had been playing on the rope swing beside the River Dee near the Pontcysyllte aqueduct on Wednesday when the accident happened. It was heard that the boys had been looking for conkers to play with by […]
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