April 9th, 2009
A man who fell down some steel steps and badly injured his arm is to receive compensation.
Brian Corish, 47, was self-employed but had been subcontracted out to European Metal Recycling’s Plymouth site in January 2006, Plymouth newspaper the Herald reports.
He fell down the flight of steps and seriously fractured his arm, leaving him in need of surgery and unable to work for two months.
Mr Corish needed a steel plate in his arm and may have to have more surgery in the future.
He took legal action against his subcontractors and although the firm denied liability, it agreed to a compensation payout of £15,000 to cover the victim’s lost earnings and pain.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, almost 11,000 employees suffered a serious injury as a result of a slip of trip in the workplace last year.
The most at risk industries were found to be construction, postal services and food manufacturing.
Tags: Corish, Earnings, Flight Of Steps, Food Manufacturing, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Plymouth, Postal Services, Recycling, Risk, Steel Plate, Steel Steps, Subcontractors, Welder
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August 7th, 2008
A woman who suffers from multiple sclerosis, a condition of the central nervous system that affects bodily actions, has received compensation from a hospital, it has been revealed.
Marjorie Corner claims she was left in her own waste for three days while she was a patient at Derriford Hospital last year because there was no suitable commode available and no wheelchair-accessible toilet on her ward.
The 70-year-old, who received a settlement of £7,000 from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, had gone into hospital for a bowel examination.
Commenting on her experience, she said: "It was ghastly. They did not have a suitable commode so I was left in my bed. This wasn’t the nursing staff’s fault but it literally resulted in my lying in my own waste for three days," the BBC reports.
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the trust said a complaints team worked closely with Ms Corner in 2007 to identify the problems and address them accordingly.
Tags: Accessible Toilet, Bbc, Central Nervous System, Hospitals Nhs Trust, Marjorie, Multiple Sclerosis, Plymouth, Spokeswoman, Sufferer, Wheelchair, Woman
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June 23rd, 2008
Over 1,000 young children have been taken to Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital as a result of accidents, it has emerged.
According to the Plymouth Herald, a new report has found that 1,105 incidents involving children under the age of five were recorded between April 2007 and March 2008.
The accidents consisted of 312 minor head injuries, 256 lacerations, 118 fractured and 115 sprains or strains. There were also 96 contusions and 84 burns injuries recorded.
Katrina Phillips, chief executive of the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), said that accidents are the second biggest killer of children in the UK.
"We’re asking parents and grandparents to think about their everyday behaviour and routines, and see what they can change to make their children safer both at home and while out and about,” said Ms Phillips/
The CAPT says children below the age of five are most susceptible to accidents involving falls, burns, choking and poisoning.
Tags: Burns, Capt, Chief Executive, Child Accident Prevention, Child Accident Prevention Trust, Child Accidents, Contusions, Derriford Hospital, Lacerations, Minor Head Injuries, Parents And Grandparents, Phillips, Plymouth, Quot, Sprains, Strains
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June 11th, 2008
A Warwickshire hospital has been named and shamed as having the highest number of deaths linked to the superbug Clostridium (C) difficile.
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that between 2002 and 2006, a total of 235 people died as a result of infections related to the superbug at George Eliot hospital in Nuneaton, report the Guardian.
Over that period, there were 6,486 deaths related to C difficile, including 233 at Walsgrave hospital in Coventry, 203 at the Royal Infirmary in Leicester and 177 at Birmingham Heartlands hospital in the West Midlands.
Meanwhile, there were 94 deaths caused by MRSA at Derriford hospital in Plymouth.
Graham Turner of the National Concern for Healthcare Infections (NCHI) group said the figures had been underestimated by at least one third.
"It should be remembered that these figures are about real people and our sympathies go out to their families," he said.
NCHI was formed by a group of individuals in response to growing concerns about the safety of patients in UK hospital and the risks posed by healthcare associated infections.
Tags: Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Clostridium Difficile, Coventry, Deaths, George Eliot, George Eliot Hospital, Graham Turner, Guardian, Hospitals, Leicester, Mrsa, National Concern, Office Of National Statistics, Plymouth, Quot, Real People, Royal Infirmary, Sympathies, Warwickshire, West Midlands
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