Cardiff Personal Injury Blog

Immediate safety changes to road after bus hits pedestrian

Posted: April 1, 2015

Posted in: Bus Accidents Pedestrian Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

Much needed safety changes are being made to a Swansea city centre road after an off duty police officer was hit by a bus. 41-year-old Sgt Louise Lucas had to be airlifted to hospital after she was hit by a bus on Tuesday. Her eight-year-old daughter was also involved in the accident but only suffered […]

Holidaymakers win compensation

Posted: March 29, 2015

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad Food Poisoning 

Several families from the UK have been awarded compensation after their trips to a luxury Egyptian resort were ruined as a result of a gastric illness outbreak. A total of 73 holidaymakers were represented at Birmingham County Court and collectively received over £350,000 from their tour operator. The incident happened in 2012 when the families […]

Inquest into 20-year-old death

Posted: March 19, 2015

Posted in: Public Place Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death 

In inquest has been opened into the death of a 20-year-old man from Ross-on-Wye. It was heard that Ollie Floyd got trapped underwater in a lake at Newport’s Celtic Manor Resort after an agricultural spraying vehicle rolled into the lake near the Twenty Ten Course clubhouse. The provisional cause of death on 3 March is […]

40,000 hours of ambulance delays

Posted: March 9, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

The Welsh Ambulance Service believes that patients could be at risk due to a five-fold increase in delays faced by ambulance crews outside of hospitals. Figures revealed that around 40,000 hours were “lost” in 2014 because of “handover delays” – a worrying increase from the 8,000 hours lost in 2008. The report highlighted a number […]

Family awarded compensation for operation leading to mother’s death

Posted: March 3, 2015

Posted in: Head & Brain Injuries Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

The family of a woman who suffered a severe brain injury in hospital has been awarded compensation for their suffering. 62-year-old Margaret Parsons was being treated in the University Hospital of Wales for coronary heart disease when the incident happened. Following her heart surgery, Mrs Parsons complained of breathing difficulties because of phlegm in her throat. Hospital […]

Call to rethink ambulance targets

Posted: February 27, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

The head of the Welsh ambulance service has called for the target response times for the most serious accidents to be rethought. As it currently stands, the national target to reach category A life-threatening calls is 8 minutes.  After the Welsh ambulance service saw a slight improvement in their figures over the last month, which […]

A&E service unacceptable

Posted: February 19, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Recently released figures have revealed that the number of people who spent over 12 hours in A&E in Wales is the highest since records began in 2012. The figures, which were released in January, highlighted that the waiting time problem had affected over 3,000 patients. A Welsh government spokesman defended the service provided by emergency […]

Questions concerning ambulance response times

Posted: February 11, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Questions have been asked about the response times of ambulances, and ambulance treatment standards in general, at the inquest into the death of a six-year-old girl. Jasmine Lapsley, from Liverpool, died while on a family holiday at Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd. It was believed that she choked on a grape, but had to wait sixteen minutes […]

Inquiry plea over hospital queues

Posted: February 1, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

MP Daniel Kawczynski has called for an investigation to be carried out into the impact of delays at Welsh hospitals on NHS England. This follows reports of patients being taken from Wales to Shrewsbury because of long queues for treatment. Mr Kawczynski said that this is putting too much pressure on hospital beds at the […]

North Wales police pay out over £50,000 to officers

Posted: February 1, 2015

Posted in: Finger Injuries Hip Injuries Industrial Deafness and Disease Leg Injuries Workplace Injuries Workplace Slip 

North Wales police officers have been awarded over £50,000 through personal injury claims over the last five years. The information was gathered as a result of a Freedom of Information request, which found that officers had claimed for incidents ranging from slipping on wet surfaces to exposure to excessive noise. A total of £53,615 was […]