Cardiff Personal Injury Blog
Inquest unable to determine death of Downs Syndrome patient
Posted: September 25, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
An inquest into the death of 27-year-old Downs Syndrome patient Jamie Appleby, from Denbigh, Denbighshire, has been unsuccessful in determining the cause of his death. Mr Appleby died at the Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan in November 2005 two days after he was admitted. It was heard that Mr Appleby’s condition had significantly deteriorated in […]
Read MoreNHS waiting times tripled
Posted: August 30, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims
According to figures obtained by Plaid Cymru, the number of patients being forced to wait longer than 36 weeks to receive treatment through the NHS has tripled in the last four years alone. The data showed that the number of patients had risen from 7,434 in September 2011 to 25,373 in June 2015. Plaid Cymru’s […]
Read MoreHigh rate of asbestos deaths in Tamworth
Posted: August 24, 2015
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure Employer Negligence Industrial Deafness and Disease Mesothelioma
Recently released figures have revealed that 23 people in Tamworth died from the asbestos-related lung cancer mesothelioma between 2010 and 2014. Campaigners argue that more needs to be done to help sick and dying workers, with 7.5 deaths per 100,000 people caused by the illness in Tamworth. It currently stands as the 17h highest mortality […]
Read MoreMisdiagnosis widower wins compensation
Posted: August 22, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
A widower from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion has been awarded compensation for the loss of his wife after her cancer was misdiagnosed as an ear infection. Kathleen Howe, aged 67, died on 29 July 2012 after being wrongly diagnosed with otitis extern, commonly known as ‘swimmer’s ear’. Following her death, an investigation found that there was a […]
Read MoreUniversity health board multi-million pound payouts
Posted: August 15, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that a University Health Board in Wales has paid out over £9million in personal injury negligence claims. It was found that Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board made a number of “serious” mistakes that led to large compensation packages being awarded to claimants in the last year. Errors included […]
Read MoreSteward wins £5,500 compensation following pitch invasion
Posted: July 30, 2015
Posted in: Foot Injuries Public Place Accidents Sporting Injuries Workplace Injuries
A safety steward has been awarded £5,500 in compensation after seriously damaging his Achilles tendon during a pitch invasion at the Millennium Stadium. 48-year-old Mark Day suffered the injury while tackling a pitch invader at an international rugby match in Cardiff in 2013. Mr Day took the Welsh Rugby Union to court, claiming that the […]
Read More‘Poor’ stroke care in north Wales
Posted: July 28, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims
According to a patient watchdog, north Wales is a “poor place” to suffer a stroke. These comments follow a recent report highlighting substandard stroke care in the region’s three main hospitals. The report states that ambulances should be getting stroke patients to hospitals far quicker, there should be a quicker hand over to hospital staff, […]
Read MoreFirm fined following worker fall
Posted: July 23, 2015
Posted in: Falls from Heights Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
A Cardiff-based building firm has been fined £200,000 after a worker fell to his death from a department store front in 2011. 60-year-old Philip Evans, from Penarth, Vale of Glanmorgan, had been contracted to repair glass above a Debenhams store entrance in Exeter when he fell through the opening. He died from the severity of […]
Read MoreMore investment needed for head injury support
Posted: July 16, 2015
Posted in: Head & Brain Injuries Sporting Injuries
After a student from Monmouthshire was left paralysed following an injury playing rugby, a brain charity has called for more to be done within head injury support services. 19-year-old Angus Swanson was in a coma for three weeks after he collapsed at the side of the pitch during a university game against King’s College in […]
Read MoreBosses to make workplace healthier and happier
Posted: June 29, 2015
Posted in: Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries
Where around 27 million working days were lost in 2012/13 in England, Wales and Scotland due to illness and stress, managers across the country have been told to “raise their game” by chief health advisers. Guidelines drawn up by NICE, the health watchdog, suggest that employers keep their staff happy by only allowing them to […]
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