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The pelvic mesh health scandal – new redress scheme for patients proposed
Posted: 06/03/2024
Many women experience stress incontinence following childbirth, which is bladder leakage caused either by impact activities, or simply from coughing or sneezing. One in five feel it negatively affects their lives to the point of considering surgery for vaginal mesh (also known as pelvic mesh) implants. Likewise, up to half of women who......>> -
Woman awarded record settlement after unnecessary vaginal mesh implant led to severe complications
Posted: 15/11/2023
Yvette Greenway-Mansfield, a 59-year-old woman from Warwickshire, has this week been awarded over £1 million in compensation as a result of having vaginal mesh implanted following a hysterectomy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) in 2009. She brought and succeeded with her clinical negligence claim......>> -
Fortitude Law clients receive dedicated support from specialist vaginal mesh solicitors
Posted: 07/06/2023
The specialist team of vaginal mesh claims solicitors at Penningtons Manches Cooper is handling a large volume of enquiries from existing mesh clients of Fortitude Law, a Haywards Heath based practice led by partner Darren Hanison, which was closed down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on 18 May 2023......>> -
Solicitors acting for private patients of Tony Dixon reach agreement with former surgeon’s representatives over scheme to deal with mesh claims
Posted: 07/09/2022
Specialist clinical negligence lawyers have reached an agreement with the Medical Protection Society (MPS), which represents the former colorectal surgeon Tony Dixon, over a protocol for the management of claims brought by the private patients concerned. Elise Bevan, partner in the clinical negligence team at Penningtons Manches Cooper......>> -
Scottish Government announces surgical mesh removal partnership with Spire Bristol and Mercy Hospital, Missouri
Posted: 15/07/2021
The Scottish Government has recently announced that it has teamed up with two hospitals to offer any patient who underwent mesh surgery and now wants or needs to have the mesh removed. Contracts have been awarded to Spire Health Care Bristol and Mercy Hospital in Missouri, USA......>>
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