Across the UK all NHS Trusts are required to meet waiting time targets and are monitored for compliance.Continue reading this article
Kent NHS Trusts are failing to meet A&E, Cancer care and Non Emergency Treatment waiting times
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Facelift Negligence Claim Settles for £35,000
Our Client, a 69 year old woman from Hayling Island, Hampshire underwent a facelift funded on a private basis at the Spire Portsmouth Hospital on the 01.07.13 by a Consultant Maxillofacial, Plastic, Cosmetic, Reconstructive Surgeon. Continue reading this article
£250,000 recovered for brachial plexus injury
Our client, a 51 year old man from Sandwich, Kent, underwent a first rib resection for a suspected thoracic outlet syndrome under the care of Mr Rix and Mr Insall at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital on 25.11.14.Continue reading this article
£20,000 for delayed diagnosis and treatment of Achilles tendon rupture
Our client, a 37 year old woman from Herne Bay, Kent, suffered an injury to her left ankle whilst playing netball on 06.07.2014. Her left foot was immediately painful and she found that she could not weight bear.Continue reading this article
Million pound settlement for failure to perform laser eye surgery
Our client, a 51 year old man from near Maidstone, Kent, had already lost the sight in his right eye some years earlier when he began experiencing a reduction in vision in his left eye in June 2011.Continue reading this article
Care Quality Commission publishes Inspection Report on GP practices
Francesca Beach, Trainee Solicitor at Fairweathers Solicitors, considers the Care Quality Commission’s latest comprehensive inspection of GP practices Continue reading this article
SUSSEX HEALTH CARE: Woman Arrested for Fraud and Neglect
Sussex Health Care is a group of care homes providing healthcare in Sussex to vulnerable people.Continue reading this article
£100,000 recovered for inappropriate prescription of antibiotic
Our client, a 63 year old man from Gravesend, Kent, underwent a total knee replacement (TKR) on a private basis at the BMI Somerfield Hospital in Maidstone and subsequently developed an infection. The infection itself occurred non-negligently.Continue reading this article
£35,000 recovered for temporary colostomy
Our client, a 55 year old woman from Folkestone, Kent, suffered a diathermy injury to her small bowel during the course of a laparoscopic appendectomy, in May 2015, at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford (a hospital managed by the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (“EKH”)).Continue reading this article
£30,000 recovered for failure to diagnose Hepatitis C
Our client, a 57 year old woman from Dover, Kent, began suffering with lethargy and a general feeling of being unwell around mid-2008.Continue reading this article