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Posted on June 27, 2017
Medical Negligence, Uncategorized

How can the cost of medical negligence claims be reduced while still providing compensation to victims? We are frequently contacted by people who have been the victim of medical negligence but are in two minds about making a legal claim. Their uncertainty is often caused by anxiety about pursuing a case against a medical practitioner they have trusted, the fear of legal costs or the length of time a medical negligence claim might take. However, in addition to these concerns people are increasingly aware from media...

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Posted on June 6, 2017
Medical Negligence

Oliver Thorne, a medical negligence lawyer covering Devon, Somerset and the south west, looks at the decision in RE –v- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, a case relating to a birth injury condition known as shoulder dystocia. The case also included claims by the child’s mother and grandmother for psychiatric injury. Background The baby at the centre of this case suffered what is known as an hypoxic ischaemic insult during her birth, resulting in permanent brain injury. A claim was made on behalf of...

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Posted on May 23, 2017
Medical Negligence

A short case study of a successful medical negligence claim against the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital which our client's previous solicitors had advised her not to pursue In 2012 our client was undertaking some household chores when she fell from a ladder which was approximately 9 feet high. She landed on her left side and caught her left shoulder on the corner of a door frame as she fell.  As well as injuries to the shoulder she also sustained injuries to her left heel...

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Posted on March 22, 2017
Medical Negligence

We are dealing with a clinical negligence misdiagnosis claim for a young man whose career as a carpenter has been wrecked by the failure of doctors at two hospitals to spot a complex wrist fracture. Our client, an experienced carpenter with City & Guilds qualifications, suffered what seemed to be a straightforward broken wrist back in 2012 when the car in which he was a passenger crashed. The injury was treated as a simple fracture by surgeons at Frenchay hospital in Bristol, and...

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Posted on October 24, 2016
Medical Negligence

Medical negligence lawyer Oliver Thorne has been interviewed by BBC Radio 5 Live's Emma Barnett, along with his client for whom he has recovered substantial compensation. You can hear the 5 Live interview with Oliver here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z3zbx#play For further information about benzodiazepine addiction and the legal principles involved in bringing a medical negligence claim for the effects of tranquilizer use call Oliver on 01271 372128 or email him direct at [email protected] ...

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Posted on June 28, 2016
Medical Negligence

Medical negligence specialist Oliver Thorne recently represented a woman from North Devon in a successful medical negligence claim against Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Our client was prescribed a benzodiazepine based drug in the early 1990’s for pain relief. She was advised at the time that she would have to take it for the rest of her life. By the end of the 90’s her pain had improved so she attempted to reduce her dose of the drug. However when she did...

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Posted on February 16, 2016
Medical Negligence

Our medical negligence team have notched up another success. Clinical negligence lawyer Oliver Thorne was recently Instructed by the mother of a 10 year old boy to investigate the mis-diagnosis by his GP of appendicitis. The young boy started complaining of stomach pains on 28 September 2014. This pain worsened and he started vomiting. His mother was advised, following a call to NHS 111, to attend his out of hours doctor's surgery. His mother took him to Bideford Hospital at approximately 9pm...

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Posted on May 14, 2015
Medical Negligence

In a recent North Devon Journal article, a Braunton family welcomed the news that a Meningitis B vaccine will be provided to babies and young children. Oliver Thorne, a clinical negligence specialist with Devon and Somerset solicitors, Slee Blackwell, has reason to share their delight. Oliver, who is head of clinical negligence at the firm’s Barnstaple office, commented: “I have been a medical negligence lawyer for nearly 10 years now and have seen a number of meningitis cases during that time....

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Posted on April 17, 2015
Medical Negligence

Slee Blackwell’s specialist medical negligence department has launched a new website, www.childbirthinjurysolicitors.co.uk dedicated to mothers and babies who have suffered an injury at the time of birth. “The website is designed for the parents of these children, “ said Oliver Thorne, a medical negligence lawyer and head of the medical negligence team at Slee Blackwell. As well as acting for children who have suffered an injury at birth, the team also deal with injuries suffered by mothers during the birth. Oliver and...

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Posted on November 19, 2014
Medical Negligence

Mount Stuart Hospital in Torbay, Devon, is under investigation after 19 private patients received an overdose of an antibiotic directly into their eye during cataract surgery. Two patients were "seriously harmed" and four others "show symptoms" following treatment in July this year. The Torquay hospital said the error was a "process failure" and "human error. It is reported that A consultant surgeon and two other theatre staff were initially suspended but have since returned to duty following training to ensure they complied...

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