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2009
Articles from 20th Aug 2009
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Hospitals sued after Wolverhampton man dies from assault injuries
Aug 20 2009 | Health News
The wife of a man who died within 48 hours of being attacked outside a nightclub from brain injuries is suing two hospitals for what she claims was a catalogue of blunders and delays that led to his death. Read
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NHS pays out £48m in West Midlands clinical negligence cases
Aug 20 2009 | Health News
- Damages paid Defence costs Claimant costs Total paid Dudley Group of Hospitals (F) £ 7,468,146 £ 317,222 £ 1,219,392 £ 9,004,760 Heart of England (F) £ 5,631,991 £ 631,444 £ 2,088,214 £ 8,351,649 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals £ 3,550,931 £ 321,647 £ 998,203 £ 4,870,781 Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals £ 2,472,540 £ 502,404 £ 931,151 £ 3,906,095 University Hospital Birmingham (F) £ 2,484,234 £ 292,426 £ 660,904 £ 3,437,564 University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire £ 1,197,058 £ 449,630 £ 528,529 £ 2,175,217 Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals £ 953,048 £ 369,620 £ 549,137 £ 1,871,806 Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital £ 785,238 £ 366,708 £ 629,684 £ 1,781,629 Mid Staffordshire (F) £ 1,042,934 £ 83,236 £ 427,825 £ 1,553,995 University Hospital Of North Staffordshire £ 829,874 £ 241,678 £ 335,506 £ 1,407,058 Walsall Hospitals £ 545,298 £ 291,447 £ 458,471 £ 1,295,217 Burton Hospitals (F) £ 689,768 £ 126,734 £ 331,145 £ 1,147,646 South Warwickshire General Hospitals £ 434,000 £ 156,098 £ 487,241 £ 1,077,339 Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic & Dist £ 778,006 £ 76,520 £ 131,735 £ 986,261 George Eliot Hospital £ 305,500 £ 359,765 £ 312,316 £ 977,581 Hereford Hospitals £ 478,803 £ 61,749 £ 216,823 £ 757,375 Birmingham Women’s (F) £ 276,760 £ 115,109 £ 212,500 £ 604,368 Birmingham Children’s Hospital (F) £ 207,708 £ 85,536 £ 255,245 £ 548,489 The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (F) £ 206,250 £ 77,426 £ 120,900 £ 404,576 West Midlands Ambulance Service £ 172,500 £ 39,158 £ 189,728 £ 401,386 Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership £ 192,000 £ 14,513 £ 30,000 £ 236,513 North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare £ 65,000 £ 100,131 £ 47,000 £ 212,131 Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health (F) £ 3,000 £ 67,361 £ - £ 70,361 Sandwell Mental Health and Social Care (F) £ - £ 28,327 £ 18,500 £ 46,827 Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership £ - £ 20,458 £ - £ 20,458 Read
