Personal Injury Compensation
Alleged failure to diagnose
Jacobs v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 121 (QB)
Counsel: For the claimant: Jonathan HandFor the defendant: Tom GibsonSolicitors: For the claimant: Irwin Mitchell LLPFor the defendant: Kennedys
The High Court has found that a patient had failed to demonstrate that a surgeon and a nurse had been in breach of their duties
of care in failing to diagnose her as suffering with an indirect inguinal hernia.