S.J. Edney Solicitors

02/05/2023

https://www.pslhub.org/learn/culture/whistle-blowing/the-systemic-silent-killer-%E2%80%93-ending-the-stigma-around-whistleblowing-a-blog-by-steve-turner-r9182/

A blog by Steve Turner on the stigma around whistleblowing

28/04/2023

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/child-dies-romanian-nhs-english-b2327321.html

Investigators found 34 national database incidents in one year across England related to issues of keeping track of patients

27/04/2023

A Cornwall-based dairy farm has been fined after a teenager fell through a shed roof.
https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/04/20/teenager-fell-more-than-20-feet-through-roof-of-bodmin-dairy-farm/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=prosecution-push

26/04/2023

We secured £675K for the widow of a 45yo man who died of cardiac arrest at Great Western Hospital. He'd been admitted complaining of chest pain, was seen by a Consultant and transferred to a ward but, due to an oversight, was not seen by any other doctor: https://www.accidentspecialistsolicitors.co.uk/negligent-treatment-at-great-western-hospital/

20/04/2023

A company has been fined after putting its employees at risk of exposure to ionising radiation over a ten-year period.

https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/04/19/company-fined-for-putting-workers-at-risk-of-exposure-to-radiation/

19/04/2023

Two construction companies have been fined after a worker was hospitalised for nearly two weeks after being struck by a 124kg panel.

https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/04/19/companies-sentenced-after-worker-hospitalised-for-nearly-two-weeks/

18/04/2023

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/17/inquiry-begins-after-london-man-falls-to-his-death-in-police-taser-incident

Met officers had been called to a block of flats in Peckham amid reports the man was threatening to jump

17/04/2023

A civil engineering contractor has been fined £800,000 after a 10-year-old boy died after falling down a manhole on a building site.

Read more here: https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/04/14/construction-company-fined-800000-after-death-of-10-year-old-boy/

17/04/2023

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/maternity-payouts-twice-cost-of-care-times-health-commission-svdhsjhqk

The cost of compensating mothers and their families for harm caused by NHS maternity services is more than double what the health service spends on such care each year, analysis shows.The total cost of harm from clinical negligence was £13.6 billion in the 2021-22 reporting year, according to an an...

14/04/2023

Company fined £80,000 after director jailed for removing asbestos across Great Britain 13th April 202313th April 2023 by Scott Murphy ShareAn unlicensed asbestos removal company has been fined £80k after its director was jailed last month after failing to ensure the safe removal of the dangerous p...

14/04/2023

A company in Lancashire has been fined £30,000 after a mechanic died while repairing a forklift truck.

Read more here: https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/04/13/trucking-company-fined-after-hero-mechanic-dies/