Dakin v South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dakin v South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] EWCC 26 (12 May 2026)
The court held that an admitted failure to arrange ECG monitoring caused a delayed AF diagnosis, anticoagulation was missed, and the claimant’s stroke was due to that breach.
- Causation
- Duty of care
- Clinical negligence
- Breach of duty
- Evidential burden
- Diagnosis delay