Posted inClinical negligence Issue 11

Fournier’s Gangrene and Material Contribution

Dalchow v St George's University NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 100 (QB) The Claimant brought proceedings alleging a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of Fournier’s Gangrene. The condition is one in which there is necrotising fasciitis of the perineum and scrotum. The Claimant had undergone a day case elective…
May 24, 2022Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 11Tags:
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 7

Material Contribution and PTSD

Leach v North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 2914 (QB) The High Court applied material contribution causation principles to a case where distress over a delay in an ambulance arriving led the Claimant to develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”). The facts The Claimant suffered a sub-arachnoid haemorrhage…
March 8, 2021Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 7Tags:
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 3

Expert Evidence and Material Contribution

Arksey v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 1276 (QB)  This article originally appeared in Issue 3 (November 2019). Background  On 3 November 2012, the Claimant suffered a cerebral aneurysm rupture. She was taken by ambulance to Addenbrooke’s Hospital complaining of symptoms principally of confusion. She was discharged…
November 1, 2019Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 3Tags: , ,