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More than £3 million compensation has been awarded to a 20 year old man following serious delays in diagnosing his meningitis.

A Consultant Breast Surgeon at the London Breast Clinic, is currently appearing before the GMC’s Fitness to Practice Panel in Manchester.

Natalia Lee’s settlement of £475,000 was approved at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, in November 2009.  She suffered a severe group 4 brachial plexus injury (Erb's Palsy) and Horner’s Syndrome during the course of her birth on 14 September 1998. The Hospital admitted negligence early in proceedings and also offered an unreserved apology.

On Wednesday 4th November 2009 the Oxford Coroner returned a narrative verdict in two inquests that were heard jointly as they both related to deaths following the failure of Labcor tricomposit porcine heart valves that were inserted at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

A woman from County Durham has been awarded more than £4 million after medical mistakes left her unable to remember anything for more than 10 minutes.