Here at Pryers solicitors in York we work on various medical negligence and personal injury cases. Recently we concluded a medical negligence case against an NHS Trust in which a patient had an operation in which his full stomach was removed (gastrectomy). He had been told that he was suffering from cancer when in fact after biopsies were carried out it was revealed that he was not suffering from cancer, he was suffering from a peptic ulcer. The Trust fought the case, literally up to the door of the court before conceding negligence and agreeing the settlement which included damages for the stomach removal and the lifetime effects of that as well as damages for lost earnings and other expenses.
