O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors

As part of one of Northern Ireland's leading law firms, O'Reilly Stewart's Healthcare Department specialise in medical negligence, inquests, and healthcare law.

[QUB School of Law @qubschooloflaw]

🏆Congratulations to our student, Abby Conroy, who was awarded the Head of School Contribution Prize.

Accepting the prize, Abby said: " My work with CASCAIDr and also opportunities to work with the Law Centre NI, provided by the school of law, have shown me just how important clinic and pro bono work is. Not only does it ensure fair and equal access to legal remedies, but it also spreads awareness and demystifies complex legal processes. My time at CASCAIDr proved invaluable, providing exposure to social care law and widening my understanding of public law and the realities of upholding the rule of law. In addition to my studies at the law school, I acted as president of QUB Netball in my final year and have recently started as a paralegal in O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors. Thank you to the School of Law for every opportunity. does it ensure fair and equal access to legal remedies, but it also spreads awareness and demystifies. "

Congratulations on your achievement, Abby, and we wish you continued success in your endeavours.

[BBC Spotlight NI @BBCSpotlightNI]

Mums in Crisis - @mlchealth reports on mental health and pregnancy.

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

£35,000 Settlement in Tripping Accident -
A good outcome for our client in this public liability personal injury case after super work from my colleague @StuartGilmore75

#law #Belfast #NorthernIreland #WeAreORS
https://t.co/ntgZwWvMl0

[O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors @OReillyStewart]

This Christmas we finished off our year of fundraising for our charity partner @Dementia_NI by handing over a cheque for £3,300.00.

O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors Raises £3,300 for Dementia NI. - O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors - Belfast, Northern Ireland, Legal Firm

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

Review into Cervical Screening in Southern Health and Social Care Trust Area -Report identifies patient harm as a consequence of misreading tests. Surely a public inquiry must follow? #healthcare #northernireland #weareORS https://t.co/TI4x9l4iLz

[Bar of NI @TheBarofNI]

The Bar of Northern Ireland has urged the Department of Justice to stabilise the Legal Aid system, a system in crisis as a result of long standing underinvestment and the continued failure of the DoJ to conduct renumeration reviews when required to under statute.

The statement from Bar Council Chair Donal Lunny KC follows a Ministerial Statement made by the Justice Minister to the Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday (02 Dec.) on reform proposals relating to the provision of Legal Aid.

The Department's proposals are described by the Bar as placing ideologically driven policy experimentalism ahead of achieving stability in our system of Legal Aid.

The Bar also expressed concern about aspects of the reform proposals as creating the potential for unchecked Departmental overreach and an attempt to erode the independence of the referral bar.

Read the statement in full below.

https://t.co/rbojPRb7lP

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

Significant Compensation Award for Vulnerable Pedestrian https://t.co/Q2CsgsiJSz

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

Inquest into the Death of Christopher Trolan – Coroner’s Verdict - "Preventable and avoidable"
#Inquest #PatientSafety #MedicalNegligence #NorthernIreland #weareORS https://t.co/dqKA9gY3Mg

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

£2,500,000 Damages for Medication Error. Our client recovers significant compensation for life-changing injury due to clerical/clinical error in reviewing test results. #medicalnegligence #patientsafety #NorthernIreland #weareORS https://t.co/ljZKMTzJww

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

Plaintiff recovers £100,000 for incorrect insertion of a chest drain. Great work by our colleague Dearbhla O'Hanlon in concluding this medical negligence case. Dearbhla's client comments, "No room for improvement". #medicalnegligence https://t.co/ABTc5bLDXt

[Bar of NI @TheBarofNI]

Tomorrow barristers will withdraw services from all criminal cases across Northern Ireland with an exception applied to emergency matters.

This action has been taken reluctantly and because criminal practice has become untenable for legal practitioners.

Access to justice is in crisis.

@Justice_NI must take action urgently to uplift fees in criminal cases which remain stuck since 2005, and end a payment delay policy which results in crippling 14-16 week delays in paying practitioners for publicly funded criminal work.

#AccessToJusticeInCrisis

[O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors @OReillyStewart]

Exciting news at ORS as another FOUR apprentice solicitors join the firm! Welcome aboard Anna, Chloe, Ellen and Zoe! #weareORS

Trainees at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors 2024 - O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors - Belfast, Northern Ireland, Legal Firm (https://t.co/Y08IH5KZMm)

[O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors @OReillyStewart]

Today on #WorldMentalHeathDay  some of our team took a break from their desks to enjoy a walk around the River Lagan on this beautiful autumn day and taking time out together over lunch.   O’Reilly Stewart continues to advocate the importance of workplace mental health. #weareORS

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

FORMER PATIENT OF CONSULTANT NEUROLOGIST, DR WATT, AWARDED £50,000 DAMAGES - We welcome today's judgment, providing guidance and clarity on liability and value in Belfast Neurology Recall cases.
#Healthcare #Belfast #Medicalnegligence
https://t.co/sbmBaN5ABJ

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

We fully support efforts by the "Ladies with Letters" to compel a full statutory Public Inquiry into the circumstances which gave rise to the recall of 17,500 women who had undergone cervical screening in the SHSCT area.
https://t.co/2bVTnzGLM2

[O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors @OReillyStewart]

A huge well done to our property director Janet Williamson on her brilliant half marathon time in last week's #greatnorthrun
@alzheimerssoc @Dementia_NI #weareORS

https://t.co/4oCNSReDKx

[O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors @OReillyStewart]

A fabulous result for our Director Dionne Darragh who recovered a big money settlement for an unfortunate motorcyclist.

#weareORS #RoadSafety

https://t.co/UsUMo9ofmD

[wael agur @waelagur]

Do you still quote the 30% failure rate of prolapse surgery to your patients?
Time to think again 🤔 ...

The pivotal 1997 Olsen study reported a concerning 29.2% re-operation rate following natural tissue surgery for prolapse in women.
The study, however, is often misinterpreted as the analysis did not adjust for critical confounding factors like obesity, smoking and chronic lung disease in its high risk population.

Generalising these results to more diverse and healthier populations was likely inaccurate and must have contributed to the rush, two decades ago, to use mesh in prolpase surgery.

Subsequently, more robust studies confirmed:
- Re-operation rates following natural tissue surgery is less than 5%.
- Mesh use did not improve patient outcomes, over natural tissue repair.
- Some women experienced life-changing mesh complications.

April 2019: The FDA ordered the manufacturers to remove their prolapse mesh devices from the US market.
November 2019: The Federal Court of Australia found the devices defective and of unmerchantable quality.
January 2020: California court ordered one manufacturer to pay $344 million to the affected women - following a lawsuit filed in 2016 by Kamala Harris, the Attorney General at the time.

However, in most other countries, particularly in Eastern Europe, Asia and South America, the use of mesh in prolapse surgery continues, largely unchecked.

Olsen and similar studies continue to be referenced in the scientific literature to favour the use of mesh devices in prolapse surgery, which is unfortunate.

For the majority of women with prolapse, the most favourable benefit / risk ratio must remain with non-surgical treatment, such as physiotherapy-supervised pelvic floor muscle training and, if required, the safer natural tissue repair surgery.

link to the full blog in the comments👇🏼

#urogynaecology
#prolapsemesh
#meshsurgery

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

Child Recovers £21 Million in Damages for Cerebral Palsy Injury - Joe Moore and Lucy McLernon acted for the plaintiff and the family in this Medical Negligence case. #WeAreORS #NorthernIreland #Belfast #Law #Healthcare https://t.co/2MCkKdIAU6

[O'Reilly Stewart Healthcare Solicitors @ORSHealthcare]

Anti-Seizure Drug Overdose due to Unmonitored Prescription: Patient Recovers £80,00 -@lucymclernon_ reports on this successful case on behalf of our client #WeAreORS #MedicalNegligence #NorthernIreland #HealthcareLaw #law https://t.co/XjFcyN5SFK