Cardiff Personal Injury Blog
Swansea council pays out £58k in personal injury claims
Posted: January 25, 2015
Posted in: Arm Injury Leg Injuries Public Place Accidents Shoulder Injuries
In the past three years alone, Swansea Council has paid out almost £60,000 to personal injury claimants. A total of seven claimants have suffered severe injuries after falling on the authority-owned property since April 2012. The figures were released following a Freedom of Information request, yet the council refused to provide information on the locations […]
Read MoreWorst A&E waiting times since 2009
Posted: January 18, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence
New figures have revealed that the proportion of people waiting over the four-hour waiting time target is the highest level since October 2009. It was found that only 81% of patients were treated within the national waiting time in December, whereas the target is 95%. The Welsh government said that an extra £40m funding would […]
Read MoreSlowest ambulance times since 2011
Posted: December 31, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence
New figures have revealed that the number of ambulances making the target response times have fallen to the lowest level in three years. The Welsh Ambulance Service reached 51% of urgent emergency responses within eight minutes, 14 percentage points lower than the 65% national target. In October, 55.5% of called ambulances reached the scene within […]
Read MoreInjured man pushed from train
Posted: December 30, 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault Knee Injury Shoulder Injuries
An off-duty policeman that was recovering from a serious knee injury was pushed from a train as it pulled into a station. The man that pushed PC Stuart Steele was behaving in a drunk and disorderly manner when he assaulted the officer in October. 28-year-old Lee Martin Jones admitted assault and has since been placed […]
Read MoreCare home scalding death ‘accidental’
Posted: December 18, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
The death of 88-year-old Beatrice Morgan, who suffered burns to 18% of her body because of a scalding bath, has been recorded as accidental. A care assistant at the nursing home had been running the bath while two other carers prepared Mrs Morgan. Nicky Heaps, who had been working at nursing homes for around ten years before […]
Read MoreSky swing accident at Cardiff winterwonderland
Posted: December 9, 2014
Posted in: Public Place Accidents
The sky swing ride at Cardiff’s winterwonderland had to be shut down last week after two of the chairs crashed into each other mid-air. The accident happened last Friday while people were on the ride. Passengers were left petrified after a strong gust of wind sent the empty carriages flying to the top of the […]
Read MoreFamilies await inquest results following kidney deaths
Posted: December 4, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
The families of two men are still waiting to hear why both men died after being given kidneys infected with a meningitis-causing parasitic worm during transplant procedures. Robert Stuart (67) and Darren Hughes (42) were given the infected organs in Cardiff in 2013 from a donor who died from meningitis. Prof Christopher Watson said that no […]
Read MoreFamily calls for inquiry over mine deaths
Posted: November 30, 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
The family of one of the men killed in the Gleision mine tragedy has called for a public inquiry. Four men were drowned in the 2011 accident after 650,000 gallons of water flooded the mine they were working in following a controlled explosion. The parents of one of the men said they are still seeking answers. […]
Read MoreWoman sues over delay in diagnosis
Posted: November 25, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
A terminally ill woman is suing the NHS after being forced to wait five months to be seen after being given an ‘urgent’ referral by her GP. 35-year-old Katie Maytum, a mother of two, was suspected of having cancer after she found a lump in her breast in 2010, aged 31. Her GP made an […]
Read MoreTwo deaths following kidney operation
Posted: November 15, 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
Two men have died after undergoing kidney transplants from the same donor. It was discovered that the donor’s kidneys, and other organs, had already become infected with a parasitic worm. Robert Stuart, from Cardiff, and Darren Hughes, from Bridgend, died from the infection just under a year ago. An inquest into their deaths will be […]
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