In recent years Birchall Blackburn Law’s Healthcare & Clinical Risk team has seen a significant number of high-profile investigations and reviews into negligent care given by hospitals, care homes, GPs, nurses, doctors, surgeons, care staff and other medical professionals. Some of these investigations relate to incidents dating back many years, revealing historical evidence of negligent treatment and care.
The most recent (September 2022) to gain media attention is an investigation into former Salford Royal Hospital consultant spinal surgeon, John Bradley Williamson, and his treatment of patients.
One of his patients was BBC actor, Ruth Madeley, who was left with chronic pain and fatigue after years of spinal operations by the spinal surgeon.
In August (2022), several of the spinal surgeon’s former patients were called in for an assessment by surgeons at the Northern Care Alliance Trust, which now runs the Salford Royal Hospital. Among these was Ruth Madeley. She was diagnosed with spina bifida as a baby and first operated on by Mr Williamson at the age of 11. She eventually had nine operations throughout her teenage and young adulthood years.