PICKERING v CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
[2022] Med LR Plus 21
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
Before Mr Justice Ritchie
Clinical negligence - Embolus from atrial fibrillation causing leg ischaemia - Claimant discharged from emergency department without heparinisation - Subsequent embolus causing a stroke - Whether stroke would have been avoided by earlier heparinisation - Assessment of expert evidence - Consideration of scientific literature