Compensation awarded to teenager after hospital blunders

Title

Compensation awarded to teenager after hospital blunders

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

24 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:55

Description

Simon Israel reports on the case of Malinka Head, a teenage girl who’s been left with a mental age of six months after a series of hospital errors. She has been awarded £800,000 damages following a a seven year battle by her parents (William and Nicola Head) against the East Anglian Regional Health Authority and the Cambridge and Huntingdon health authorities for justice and compensation. Includes statements by Nicola Head; Howard Weston, legal advisor for East An glian Regional Health Authority.

Contributors

Simon Israel; Nicola Head; Howard Weston

Keywords

NHS; Adolescents; Health authorities; Compensation; Disabled persons; Justice; Huntingdon; Cambridge; Malinka Head; William Head; East Anglian Regional Health Authority

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