Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 15

Disentangling symptoms and their causes

Disentangling symptoms and their causes Matthew Leitch Tuffin v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2024] EWHC 3318 (KB) Background In Tuffin, the Claimant underwent elective spinal surgery in 2015. In breach of duty, the Defendant failed to administer Clexane (a medication to prevent blood clots) post-surgery. This resulted…
March 3, 2025Posted inClinical Negligence, Issue 15Tags: ,
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: , ,