A HOSPITAL employee has had to retire after an accident at work left him at risk of developing a fatal blood clot.

John Beresford, 64, will need to take medication for the rest of his life after developing Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT).

A theatre porter with Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, he had to use an old supermarket trolley to collect gas canisters.

On the day of the accident a stone caught under the back wheel, causing it to swerve into the path of an oncoming car.

Mr Beresford, of Wollaton Park Estate, was injured trying to steady the trolley and now has chronic knee problems.

His union's solicitors, Thompsons, said the trust should have provided something safer than a supermarket trolley.

The NHS settled for a compensation amount more than 14 times the original offer.

The amount has not been revealed.

Mr Beresford said: "I have had to give up work and my golf, and my family have seen me go through hell."

A trust spokesman said: "We apologise to Mr Beresford for the pain and distress caused."