A LAW firm based primarily in Rhyl is acting for clients caught up in several cases of clinical negligence involving Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
Among the clients Gamlins Law is representing is the family of Lucas Munslow, who was nine months old when he died from acute bacterial meningitis at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan on May 18, 2019.
Last November, at an inquest in Ruthin, coroner John Gittins concluded that “it is probable that his death was preventable”.
Simon Roberts, head of personal injury and clinical negligence at Gamlins Law, said: “Lucas’s parents, Nathan and Kimberley, lost their first-born baby boy in circumstances that could have been avoided.”
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Along with Simon’s colleagues, Sally Richards and Elen Roberts, the Gamlins Law team has vast experience acting for clients in clinical negligence claims against the health board and other trusts.
They have included the family of Michael Jones, from Llandudno, who were awarded damages after a coroner had concluded at inquest that his suicide occurred after the failure to give him a “sufficient mental state examination” when he attended the Hergest Unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd.
Gamlins Law is also representing the family of a 48-year-old husband and father who took his own life in October 2022 following alleged missed opportunities by the Hergest and the Community Mental Health Team.
An inquest is due to take place shortly.
In a separate case, in which Gamlins Law is also acting for the family, Richard Griffiths, 53, died by suicide as a result of failings involving the Community Mental Health Team in Conwy.
Lawyers at Gamlins Law have also secured a settlement for a patient at Glan Clwyd in respect of a delayed diagnosis of breast cancer and are currently acting for a woman in her early 20s whose breast cancer went misdiagnosed at Wrexham Maelor.
Sally Richards said: “There is a history of serious failings involving the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board across its various sites.
“The lives of families have been turned upside down by these failings.
“We are pleased to have been able to support many of these families at inquest and also in pursuing clinical negligence claims against the health board.”
Gamlins Law employs over 80 people including several Welsh speakers, across its six offices in North Wales in Rhyl, Mold, Ruthin, Denbigh, Abergele and Holywell.
The personal injury and clinical negligence department is currently acting for more than 100 clients in North Wales and elsewhere in the UK, on claims ranging from a few thousand pounds to more than £20million.
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