Missing files and delays slow hip claims, says lawyer

Legal actions against the makers of faulty hip implants are being stalled by missing files and lengthy delays in accessing records.

Solicitor Ernest Cantillon, who is representing 50 patients fitted with the faulty DePuy hips, said there were “appalling delays in obtaining records”, particularly from Cork University Hospital, where the average release time was six months.

Similar delays applied to some hospitals in the South-East, Mr Cantillon said, including the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford, where more than 1,000 patients were fitted with DePuy products.