Nick contributes to BBC Radio Kent’s discussion on ongoing Children And Adolescent Mental Health referral delays

Nick contributes to BBC Radio Kent’s discussion on ongoing Children And Adolescent Mental Health referral delays

BBC Radio Kent dedicated a good deal of its programming this morning to the ongoing delays in children and young people in Kent being able to access mental health services.

Latest figures reveal that the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (“CAMHS”) in Kent, now operated by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, due to historic shortcomings, is still failing to secure an appointment, upon referral, within 6 weeks, in the majority of cases. The government target is for 90% of referrals to be secured within this timescale.Continue reading this article

£7,500 recovered for abandoned operation

£7,500 recovered for abandoned operation

Our client, a 22 year old man from Herne Bay, Kent, suffered injuries to both arms in an accident at a BMX event in 2010.

He was initially treated appropriately, with a fracture to his right arm being treated with surgery to insert a tension band wire and pins to hold the fracture in place.Continue reading this article

Bowel Cancer Fatality Case Settles for £110,000

Bowel Cancer Fatality Case Settles for £110,000

Our client, a 70 year old man from Hailsham, in East Sussex, died in May 2013, from rectal cancer, following serious errors at Eastbourne District General Hospital, the responsibility of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Our client was referred to the hospital late in 2007, with an altered bowel habit and abdominal pain, following which he underwent colonoscopy in December 2007.  This revealed a small tumour in the sigmoid colon, which biopsy showed to be cancerous, together with a benign polyp in the rectal region.Continue reading this article