Case Studies

Gemma (name changed to protect client confidentiality)    The Incident Gemma, aged 35, presented to her GP  complaining of severe lower back pain, radiating to her legs, numbness in her perineum and the vaginal area, numbness at the...

Stephanie (name changed to protect client confidentiality)  The Incident Stephanie underwent spinal surgery at Hospital in early 2015.  Because of avoidable complications with the surgery, she sustained Cauda Equina syndrome resulting in...

Robert (name changed to protect client confidentiality)    The Incident Robert presented to Accident & Emergency complaining of lower back pain and numbness in his legs as well as other Cauda Equina red-flag symptoms.  Despite...

Paul was admitted to hospital for surgery for heart disease. He was put on a ventilator to help him breathe overnight in the Intensive Care Unit following surgery. The following morning the ventilator was removed but Paul’s condition rapidly...

Daniel, had already sustained a brain injury when he approached. He was admitted to hospital to undergo a bilateral cranioplasty from a brain injury rehabilitation unit but he was not appropriately supervised following the operation and fell down some...

Sally was in the critical care unit at a hospital following the birth of her first child and was intubated and ventilated. Whilst she was being moved, her endotracheal tube became dislodged and by the time this was re-inserted she had suffered a hypoxic...

Thomas (name changed to protect client confidentiality)   The Incident Thomas suffered Erb’s palsy that had lasted for more than 12 months involving the C5 and C6 nerve roots. He needed surgical exploration and repair of the right brachial...

Sally (name changed to protect client confidentiality)   The Incident Sally is a young girl who sustained an Erb’s palsy injury. She was almost completely paralysed in her right arm and required intensive physiotherapy, particularly from her...