Article by James Gillespie Published: 06.03.16
Three children have been awarded substantial damages after the killing of their mother by their mentally ill father, who had been turned away from hospital by a nurse and told to go home and “tidy” up. The youngest child, who was three at the time, witnessed her mother being stabbed. The eldest boy tried to save her.Continue reading this article
Our client, a woman from Canterbury, Kent, lost her husband in May 2011 after he was diagnosed with renal cancer.
During the diagnostic process the deceased was given conflicting advice as to whether he had cancer. Initially he was advised that he probably had cancer. He was then informed that the results of his scan had no pathological significance. Continue reading this article
Our client, an 80 year old man from Herne Bay, Kent, was found to have a small mass on his lung in January 2007. As he required treatment for another matter first, the decision was made to organise a follow up for the lung mass after that treatment had taken place.Continue reading this article
Our Client, a 31 year old woman from Chatham, Kent, gave birth to a stillborn daughter at Medway Maritime Hospital via caesarean section, on 07.04.2014.Continue reading this article
A BBC Radio Kent investigation has revealed that, across Kent’s four acute Hospital Trusts, nearly 400 reports of Serious Untoward Incidents and Never Events were made recently over the course of a year.Continue reading this article
The case of Hannah Groves, and her mother, Mandy Park, has featured extensively previously on our website news reports:-
26.07.13 – Mental Health Worker called patient ‘a waste of space’.
15.09.13 – Sunday Times:- Suicide girl branded ‘waste of space’ by MHS.
05.09.13 – Mental Health Services slammed after Hannah Groves took her own life.
11.11.15 – Hannah Groves – High Court enters judgement for wholesale failings by Southern Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust having caused Hannah’s death.Continue reading this article
This morning Nick was interviewed extensively on BBC Radio Kent, in relation to the lack of emergency mental health care available to A&E teams through East Kent and beyond.
The issue has been highlighted by Faversham MP, Helen Whately, a member of the Commons Health Select Committee, who is urging local commissioners to provide adequate provision for the forthcoming financial year beginning in April.Continue reading this article
Our client, Mrs W, an elderly 92 year old woman, from Sittingbourne, Kent, sustained a left hip fracture as a result of falling whilst an inpatient at Medway Maritime Hospital.
A claim was brought against Medway NHS Foundation Trust on the basis that despite being proven to be very unsteady on her feet no preventative measures were taken to stop her from falling, she was allowed to leave her bed unsupervised and no care plan was put in place before the fall.Continue reading this article
Our client, a woman from Aylesford, Kent, lost her husband in December 2012 (aged 66).
In October 2012 the deceased began to experience chest pain and was taken to Maidstone Hospital. There he was assessed and then discharged home with a prescription for Amoxicillin and no follow-up. Two months later he suffered a myocardial infarction whilst in bed next to his wife. His children attempted to resuscitate him, however this was unsuccessful and he was later pronounced dead. A post mortem confirmed the cause of death to be ischaemic heart disease.Continue reading this article
Our Client, Mr H, attended his GP and the Dermatology Clinic at the QEQM numerous times with a suspicious skin lesion on his nose. A biopsy was taken, results of which showed actinic keratosis (a pre-invasive form of skin cancer). Unfortunately this did not pick up the squamous cell carcinoma (cancer) present and so it took 5 more months before Mr H was correctly diagnosed, in which time his cancer had progressed to stage 2. Continue reading this article