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
Our client, Miss K, a 34 year old woman from Faversham, Kent, suffered multiple seizures following the issuing of an incorrect prescription by her GP, whilst she was pregnant.Continue reading this article
Nick Fairweather took part in a Radio Kent discussion this morning concerning a Private Members Bill which local Gillingham and Rainham MP, Rehman Chisti is trying to introduce, with support from the Royal College of Psychiatrists and others.Continue reading this article
Two years ago we reported on the case of Hannah Groves in two articles (see archive news):-
09/09/13 – Mental Health Service slammed after Hannah Groves took her own life.
15/09/13 – Sunday Times: Suicide girl branded ‘waste of space’ by MHS.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 59 year old woman from Tonbridge, Kent, suffered significant dental problems as a consequence of her dentist failing to adequately treat her from around 1983.Continue reading this article
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
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
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
We are pleased to announce that Steevi Henderson started her recognised period of training (training contract) with us on 1st October. Continue reading this article
Our client, Ms B, from Maidstone, Kent, was misdiagnosed with myeloma (a malignant tumour of the bone marrow) in November 2012 during a routine consultation with a Locum Consultant employed by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.Continue reading this article