Case Studies | Armstrong Foulkes

Delay in diagnosis of breast cancer April 1, 2022 Posted in: Case studies - Most cases we see involving GPs arise out of their failure to refer patients to hospital sooner. This issue is often compounded when you get seen by the Nurse Practitioner instead. This happened here. A lady in her early 50’s found a lump on her breast. She tried to see her GP but instead got… Continue Reading
Avoidable fall in hospital results in death of 81 year old man March 3, 2022 Posted in: Case studies - B was admitted to hospital with suspected infection. He had poor mobility following a stroke and only ever walked with a 3 wheeled walker. He was known to be at high risk of falls, his GP having only referred him to the falls team for assessment earlier that day. It was also documented that he… Continue Reading
Delay in Diagnosing Gall Bladder Cancer July 2, 2021 Posted in: Case studies - This is another sad case where an avoidable error started a chain of events that led to a tragic conclusion. Simon was 56 years of age when he had his gall bladder removed. As is usual, this was then sent to the Pathology labs to check if there was any evidence of cancer. He returned… Continue Reading
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

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