Senior Labour Party activist received £950,000 payout after seven-year legal battle with NHS Alan Ablett, from Beverley, suffered a stroke after 'below standard' care Updated Alan Ablett was urgently admitted to Hull Royal Infirmary (Image: Jon Corken/Hull Live) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A senior Labour Party activist has been awarded £950,000 in damages from the NHS after doctors "missed several obvious opportunities" to prevent him suffering a stroke.