Neil Thompson

Clinical Negligence

Surgery

• Arteriovenous malformation: negligent remedial surgery
• Accessory nerve damage during surgery
• Failure to guard against risk of venous thromboembolism
• Negligent surgery and management of ileostomy
• Arthrodesis – failure to manage
• Hip replacement – failed prosthesis
• Cosmetic: failed facial procedure; failed Botox procedure, failed “facelift”
• Gynaecology – negligent repair of vaginal tear after forceps delivery
• Colorectal – negligent procedure / pelvic sepsis
• A and E: failure to diagnose and manage and follow-up infection: loss of index finger
• Obstetrics, gynaecology /general surgery: negligent management of ectopic pregnancy
• Anaesthetics: Extravasation injury; negligent management
• Anaesthetics: failure to anaesthetise during ophthalmic surgery
• Vascular surgery: diabetic cellulitis. Negligent management: toe amputation
• General surgery: failure to diagnose inguinal hernia
• Colorectal/general surgery: loop ileostomy: negligent failure to observe bowel perforation
• Colorectal/general surgery. Colonoscopy: negligent failure to diagnose adenocarcinoma
• Orthopaedics: negligent failure to undertake fracture fixation
• Orthopaedics: negligent primary reconstruction knee surgery
• Orthopaedics: spinal decompression surgery at wrong level
• Orthopaedics: shoulder surgery negligent technique/procedure

Medical

• Crohn’s disease: long-term failure to manage and follow-up leading to death
• Cardiology – ECG – failure to diagnose abnormalities; failure to manage;
• Bladder cancer: failure in diagnose / investigate / follow-up
• Radiology – failure to review; inadequate review of imaging
• Radiology: negligent failure to correctly interpret CT brain scan (meningioma)
• Breast cancer: negligent delayed diagnosis: (Multidisciplinary Triple Diagnostic Method) 2010 guidelines
• Hospital nursing care: failure to undertake falls risk assessment
• Care home nursing care: failure to undertake falls risk assessment; failure to manage risk of bedsores

Midwifery

• Negligence in the management of childbirth
• GPs
• Corneal infection: failure to examine diagnose and refer: loss of sight
• Ventricular impairment – failure to examine diagnose and refer
• Oxygen saturation / hypoxia – failure to examine diagnose and refer
• GP negligence: failure to refer/follow-up parotid tumour
• GP negligence: failure to refer/diagnose high-energy impact knee injury
• GP negligence: Bisphosphonates: failure to advise risk of femoral fractures
• GP negligence failure to refer/diagnose/follow-up re deep vein thrombosis

Dental

• Failure to take radiographs;
• Failure to examine; failure to diagnose;
• Failed inlay preparation;
• Failure to diagnose/treat dental caries/gum disease etc.

Orthodontics

• Cosmetic realignment / negligence: periodontitis