In August 2015, Mr RW attended an Opticians, having been experiencing flashing lights in his right eye, floaters and fluid and the perception of a shadow. The symptoms had been present since the previous day. He was examined by an Optometrist, under the primary eye care assessment and referral service, Read more
Paul Fouad acted for an elderly lady and her family regarding mismanagement of her medication by a care home. On admission to the care home in Sheffield, there was a failure to continue administering glaucoma drops. Over several months, very sadly, the lady’s sight deteriorated so significantly that she was Read more
Paul Fouad represented a middle aged man in a claim against Medway NHS Foundation Trust. The gentleman had sustained a ruptured bicep tendon after falling from a ladder during a DIY project. An attempt was made to repair the tendon, but it was alleged that this was done negligently with Read more
Paul Fouad acted for a Claimant who had sustained significant injury following surgery to correct a bunion. She was relatively young and was experiencing increasing pain with a bunion around mid-2016. She was referred to a Podiatric clinic under Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where a Scarf-Akin osteotomy was Read more
In May 2022, there has been an unusually high number of hepatitis cases being reported in children. According to the UK Health Security Agency, as of 3 May 2022, there have been 163 cases of hepatitis diagnosed in children aged under 16 in the UK since 1 January 2022. New Read more
Our Client was a 33 year old gentleman who had been suffering with sharp frontal lobe/retro-orbital headaches since 2009 which had gradually been growing worse in severity. His symptoms grew to include cluster type headaches which could occur up to 40 times a day. He also experienced lacrimation (a watering Read more
Paul Fouad acted for a lady in her 60s in relation to a claim about her late husband for a failure to diagnose and treat an aortic dissection. Sadly her husband died aged 57. Expert evidence was obtained from a cardiothoracic surgeon, accident and emergency consultant and a radiologist before Read more
We were instructed by the wife of a gentleman who underwent a colonoscopy due to an abnormal bowel screening result. Two days after the routine procedure, he attended Accident & Emergency due to significant pain and the inability to pass urine. There was a significant delay before a CT scan Read more
It was alleged that Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust were negligent in failing to diagnose a vertebral fracture following a fall of approximately 15 feet from a ladder. The 53 year old gentleman was discharged the same day despite it being admitted that it being later admitted that spinal fracture Read more
We were instructed by the daughter of a lady who sadly died at the age of 71. Altered bowel habit for more than 6 weeks in a lady over 60 should have warranted a referral under NICE guidelines by the GP/practice nurse. Unfortunately, a delay in referral for investigations and Read more
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