Data Protection

Underwood v Bounty UK Ltd & Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2022] EWHC 888 (QB) Background Ms Underwood awoke on a post-natal ward, after a difficult labour lasting more than 100 hours and ending in an emergency caesarean, to a woman whom she assumed was part of the hospital’s maternity staff…

Damages: Adequacy of State-Funded Package of Care

Martin v Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 3058 (QB) Introduction The Claimant in Martin suffered a sub-trochanteric stress fracture to the right proximal femur in the shower whilst undergoing inpatient mental health treatment at Prestwich Hospital. The fracture is of a kind which is spontaneous, rather than arising…