{"id":87177,"date":"2026-03-31T19:43:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=87177"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:43:28","slug":"neurosurgeon-sues-nhs-for-200k-after-faulty-hospital-lift-plunges-four-floors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/31\/neurosurgeon-sues-nhs-for-200k-after-faulty-hospital-lift-plunges-four-floors\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurosurgeon sues NHS for \u00a3200k after faulty hospital lift plunges four floors"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1ZOAOZ.img?w=534&amp;h=336&amp;m=6&amp;x=236&amp;y=125&amp;s=337&amp;d=337\" alt=\"Dr Steven Tominey is suing over a falling lift accident\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A brain surgeon who was dropped four floors in a malfunctioning lift is suing the NHS for \u00a3200,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/neurosurgeon-sues-nhs-for-200k-after-faulty-hospital-lift-plunges-four-floors\/ar-AA1ZOk2b?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69cc2180115d4792adbddf790ac8952d&amp;ei=42&amp;cvpid=4d1d360868c04668e7d42104a9b47235\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A brain surgeon who was dropped four floors in a malfunctioning lift is suing the NHS for \u00a3200,000. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nhs.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87178,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87177\/revisions\/87178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}