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A Letter of Advice to Nhs Litigation Authority on Clinical Neglgence Case of Missed Fractured Scaphoid Bone

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To: NHS Litigation Authority,

Re: Chandler Bing v Friends Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Thank you for your referral of the case concerning Mr. Chandler Bing’s missed fracture scaphoid bone received on 31 August 2010.

The following is the Letter of Advice to the NHSLA concerning the above-mentioned case.

The Claimant: 1. The Claimant was born on 8 April 1969.
As a result of the events referred to in their particulars of claim the claimant is now represented by Bloomingdale Solicitors to launch to launch a civil action against Friends Health NHS Foundation Trust on 31 August 2010.

The Defendant:
2. The Defendant was at all relevant times responsible for the management control, and administration of …show more content…

Claimant’s family members and colleagues concerning the accused loss of function in daily activities of living. 2. Healthcare providers beside the medical doctor in Accident and Emergency Department, including accident and emergency doctors and consultants, radiologists, orthopaedic specialists, nurses, family doctors, etc, who have treated the Claimant. 3. The Claimant himself.

Where a witness statement or a witness summary is not served, the party will not be able to call that witness to give oral evidence unless the Court allows it.

Matters to be covered in the witness’s statement will include: 1. Occupation and working ability of the Claimant, if this has changed, since the injury, previous occupation of the Claimant. 2. Brief description of marital and family circumstances including dates of birth of all the family members of the Claimant. 3. The Claimant’s amount of the sequence of events relating to the treatment in question. Care should be taken to avoid importing text and phraseology from medical records or reports that the Claimant would not use in the normal course of discussing the case. 4. If the witness’s factual recollection of events differs in any important respect from the medical records, or from the version of facts set out in the Defendant, the statement should acknowledge this and comment upon these differences. 5. The witness should describe the effects of the injury; this will include the effects on his

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