Our client, a 50 year old woman from near Ashford, Kent, underwent gynaecological surgery to repair prolapses to the anterior wall and posterior wall of the vagina, as well as to address uterine descent under the care of gynaecologist Mr Connell at Maidstone Hospital on 06.02.15.Continue reading this article
On 1 December 2015 the Care Quality Commission (‘CQC’) inspected St Mary’s Island Surgery, Edgeway, St Mary’s Island, Chatham, Kent, ME4 3EP. The registered provider of St Mary’s was Dr Stephen Lawrence. The practice was rated as ‘inadequate’ as the CQC considered that the practice was not providing effective, caring or responsive services.Continue reading this article
Expert evidence is needed to establish if a “systems breach” by a mental health trust contributed to the death of a woman, a coroner heard.Continue reading this article
Canterbury MP, Rosie Duffield, is calling for an independent investigation by a Consultant Radiologist to be nominated by the Royal College of Radiologists and for the Care Quality Commission (‘CQC’) to inspect patient safety at the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (‘the Trust’).Continue reading this article
The East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust runs following Hospitals in Kent; Kent & Canterbury Hospital, William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary Hospital in Margate (QEQM), Buckland Hospital in Dover and Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone.Continue reading this article
Our client, a lady aged 52 from Gillingham, Kent underwent a lipo filling breast reconstruction surgery at the Spire St Saviours Hospital on the 1st August 2014. It was performed by Ms D Hassanally, General Surgeon specialising in Breast Reconstruction, and paid for privately.Continue reading this article
We acted on behalf of the widow of a man (“C”) from Whitstable, Kent, who was aged 71 at the date of his death in June 2014.Continue reading this article
Francesca Beach looks at the thematic review of cerebral palsy clinical negligence claims published by NHS Resolution in September 2017.Continue reading this article
Our client, a widow from New Romney in Kent, brought a claim arising out of the death of her elderly husband after he was discharged from the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford in February 2014 with a large pericardial effusion and died within hours at home.Continue reading this article
Across the UK all NHS Trusts are required to meet waiting time targets and are monitored for compliance.Continue reading this article