Personal Injury Compensation
Failure to undertake tests
Arkless v Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board [2016] EWHC 330 (QB)
Counsel: For the claimant: Katie GollopFor the defendant: Rebecca SuttonSolicitors: For the claimant: Hutton’sFor the defendant: NHS Wales Shared Services
A doctor had not provided a patient with a reasonable standard of care and treatment because he had failed to administer and
elicit results from the three necessary tests for diagnosing a scaphoid fracture.