Prison Care Case Studies

• Our client injured his ankle during a game of football. His ankle was not examined by the nurse but our client was provided with pain killers. Our client waited three days to see a doctor in Prison.

On examination, the Prison doctor advised that our client’s ankle may be broken and that the nursing staff should arrange for an x-ray urgently. Unfortunately, this referral was not made for two weeks despite his repeat visits to the medical staff to advise them of the pain and swelling. Our client was not x-rayed until three weeks after his injury. During this time he was made to weight bear and was only given one crutch to support himself.

Once our client was x-rayed at Hospital, it was determined that his ankle was broken and so a cast was fitted.

Our client’s ankle had still not healed six months after treatment was started and he continued to suffer with instability. It was alleged that the delay in treatment caused unnecessary pain and suffering as well as worsening his long-term recovery.

Our client received £5,000 in compensation.
 

• Our client won £6,000 in respect of a clinical negligence claim regarding the standard of care they received from a nurse in prison.

This was as a result of the nursing staff failing to obtain and review our client’s medical records in order to establish that our client was unable to carry out a task, as requested by the prison staff.

Do you have a potential medical negligence claim?

Please contact us for advice if you feel you have suffered any form of negligent medical/dental treatment. We have a specialist team of solicitors who are always happy to help. At Quality Solicitors Oliver & Co, we are unique in that the head of our Clinical Negligence department, Linda Schermer, is a qualified doctor as well as a qualified solicitor. We therefore benefit from in-house medical knowledge and are able to get to grips with your claim and locate any areas of negligent care quickly.

Our solicitors deal with a wide variety of medical claims including missed/delayed diagnosis claims, orthopaedic injuries, drug dispensing errors and claims against GPs. Our Liz Fry also has extensive experience with claims against dentists and our Kerry Bateman has had great success in pursuing claims involving poor nursing care.

With the assistance of our paralegal Lisa Thomas and our team secretary Corinna Phillips, we tend to work on a team basis and pool our legal and medical knowledge to offer the best service to our clients.

If you would like advice on whether you have a potential clinical negligence claim or assistance with drafting a letter of complaint, please contact us on the number below. Please note that there are legal time limits in place for starting a claim for compensation, and our specialist clinical negligence solicitors will be able to advise you specifically on the facts of your own case.