Kate Kennell discusses the failure of the NHS to screen women for breast cancer and advises what to do if you or a member of your family have been affected. Continue reading this article
Breast Screening Error – 450,000 Women Caught up in IT Blunder
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£45,000 recovered for rectal injury during surgery
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
Dr Stephen Lawrence no longer registered provider at St Mary’s Island Surgery, Chatham
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
BBC News – Prospect Park Hospital ‘system breach may have caused death’
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
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust may have failed to report thousands of X-rays
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
Staff satisfaction statistics at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust some of the worst in the country.
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
£40,000 Damages for Negligent Breast Reconstruction Following Cancer Treatment
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
£100,000 recovered for failure to diagnose cancer of the parotid gland
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
Five years of cerebral palsy claims
Francesca Beach looks at the thematic review of cerebral palsy clinical negligence claims published by NHS Resolution in September 2017.Continue reading this article
£39,000 for Failing to Treat Pericardial Effusion
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