Case Studies | Armstrong Foulkes

Mistake in hospital records results in loss of driving licence and job May 4, 2021 Posted in: Case studies - M, an ordinarily fit and healthy 49 year old, was admitted to hospital with chest pain and vomiting. During his admission, he was asked about his usual alcohol consumption and he estimated this to be about 8 to 9 units a week. However, when this was electronically transcribed, it was mistakenly recorded as 89 units… Continue Reading
Recurrent miscarriages caused by APS May 4, 2021 Posted in: Case studies - Miss H suffered a miscarriage when she was 15 weeks pregnant in 2011. On examination of the baby at her local hospital there was no evidence of any congenital anomaly or infection. No further tests or investigations were carried out and no cause for the miscarriage was identified. Miss H and her partner continued to… Continue Reading
Debilitating neurological condition allowed to deteriorate after medical team disagrees on treatment March 1, 2021 Posted in: Case studies - Mr G was admitted to hospital with weakness in both of his arms and legs in November 2016. A stroke was ruled out but an MRI scan showed that in addition to some arthritis in his hips, Mr G’s cervical cord in his spine was being squeezed and compressed due to ageing and wear and… Continue Reading
Premature death of a young Mother March 1, 2021 Posted in: Case studies - Gail was only 38 when she contracted chicken pox from her 4-year-old daughter. She began to feel unwell over the next few days and so her Husband telephoned NHS 111. It was a Saturday afternoon, and she was advised to go to an out of hours GP service about 20 minutes away. At the time… Continue Reading
Hospital admits its staff did not have “requisite experience or competence” to treat patient January 4, 2021 Posted in: Case studies - R was pregnant when she attended hospital at 17 weeks gestation. Due to complications, she was advised to terminate the pregnancy. She was initially offered medical termination of pregnancy which was unsuccessful. She then underwent 3 different attempts to try and terminate the pregnancy, none of which worked. Finally, she was taken for surgery during… Continue Reading
Another High Court trial, another win for the Claimant December 1, 2020 Posted in: Case studies - Clinical negligence claims rarely go to trial for a judge to determine the outcome. The benefit of the length of these claims is that there is plenty of opportunity for the claim to settle and over the 28 years Armstrong Foulkes has specialised in clinical negligence claims, we have only had a handful of trials. … Continue Reading
Death from delay in treating a stomach injury November 4, 2020 Posted in: Case studies - Jack, a Husband and father of two young children died aged 29. He had been injured in a car accident a week earlier when he was a back seat passenger and wearing a seatbelt. The car was driven by his cousin. The car overtook on the brow of a hill, resulting in a head-on collision… Continue Reading
GP fails to recognise serious foot condition leading to irreversible deformity September 7, 2020 Posted in: Case studies - Mr D is a diabetic who, when aged 52, saw his GP because of redness, warmth, tenderness and swelling of his right foot. He was diagnosed with cellulitis and prescribed repeated courses of antibiotics. These did not help and he continued to suffer from problems with his foot. 5 months after originally seeing his GP… Continue Reading
Symptoms of a heart attack confused with soft tissue injury from blood pressure monitoring cuff! September 7, 2020 Posted in: Case studies - Mrs F was an elderly lady under investigation for hypertension by her GP. On 15 June she was given a 24 hour blood pressure cuff to wear. During the evening of 17 June she developed aching pain down the left side of her neck; around her left breast; and down her left arm. In the… Continue Reading
Amputation of the arm July 1, 2020 Posted in: Case studies - Bill is a charming 78 year old retired seaman. He fell at home and dislocated his left shoulder. He went to hospital but didn’t receive the proper treatment. The doctors failed to diagnose what is known as a false aneurysm. This is where blood is left and then clots in an area where it shouldn’t… Continue Reading
Three month delay in diagnosing dislocated shoulder leaves Carer needing care herself June 1, 2020 Posted in: Case studies - A dislocated shoulder is usually easy to treat and in many cases there is no need for surgery. While it can take months for the injury to resolve, it rarely results in a significant permanent disability however in the case of Mrs E, a failure to diagnose and treat her dislocated shoulder for over 3… Continue Reading
Hospital fails to diagnose appendicitis on 2 occasions leading to its rupture May 7, 2020 Posted in: Case studies - R was 30 when he started to suffer from acute abdominal pain. He saw an out of hours GP who suspected appendicitis and referred him to the surgical team at the local hospital. Here he was noted to have a raised temperature, an increased heart rate and, after blood tests were performed, an increased white… Continue Reading

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