MJF (A PROTECTED PARTY PROCEEDING BY HER MOTHER AND LITIGATION FRIEND, ITZ) v UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

[2025] Med LR 133

KING’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Her Honour Judge Kelly

Endoscopy – Insertion of PEG feeding tube – Whether the PEG tube negligently placed under too much tension – Whether excessive tension responsible for tissue necrosis – Whether defendant could rely on an unpleaded causation defence – Whether negligence caused or accelerated the claimant's condition.