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Family of Care Home Dementia Patient who died after swallowing latex glove settle negligence claim for undisclosed sum
Sally Ann Digby died on the 31st May 2014 (aged 53) when she swallowed a latex glove whilst a resident at the Phoenix Park Care Village in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Sally had suffered with dementia for a number of years and therefore was transferred to the Phoenix Park Care Home in order for specialist care to be provided to her. She was unable to look after herself and required supervision and assistance from the carers at the Residential home. Continue reading this article
£50,000 recovered for negligent total hip replacement
Our Client, a 68 year old man from Canterbury, Kent, underwent a right total hip replacement under the care of the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust on 28.07.11. Shortly after discharge, on 08.08.11, our client’s hip replacement dislocated whilst at home.Continue reading this article
£45,000 recovered for negligent spinal surgery
Our client, a 46 year old man from Ramsgate, Kent, was under the care of the London Clinic for a bulging disc in his lumbar spine and was awaiting a planned surgical discectomy and laminectomy operation with his surgeon.Continue reading this article
GP out of hours death case settles for £65,000
Our client, a 68 year old woman from Whitstable, Kent, lost her husband in October 2012 (he was then aged 69) as a consequence of the negligence of an out-of-hours GP.
The deceased had attended on the out-of-hours GP at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital complaining of right sided pain which was radiating to his abdomen, and vomiting. The GP undertook no proper examination of the abdomen, failed to take or record his blood pressure or temperature, and diagnosed a back strain. The deceased therefore went home and remained in pain, before calling an ambulance 3 days later.Continue reading this article
£7,500 recovered for failure to diagnose bladder injury
Our client, a 50 year old woman from Deal, Kent, was caused an injury to her bladder during a laparoscopic hysterectomy at the QEQM Hospital in Margate.
Although an injury to the bladder during such surgery is not of itself negligent, the surgeon failed to identify that she had caused he injury during the operation.Continue reading this article
£82,500 for delayed diagnosis of Crohn’s disease
We previously reported the circumstances of this matter, following a formal admission of liability by the Defendant (the NHS Commissioning Board, on behalf of her GP surgery, which was an NHS managed practice), in May 2013.Continue reading this article
Fairweathers Agrees Sponsorship Deal with Whitstable Town FC
We are delighted to announce that we have agreed a First Team Shirt Sponsorship deal with Whitstable Town FC for the coming season, 2015/16.
Whitstable Town Football Club have a long and proud history dating right back to 1885 and have played at their current ground, the Belmont, since shortly after their formation.Continue reading this article
£15,000 damages recovered for a fall whilst admitted to hospital.
Our client Mr B, 73 years old, from Purley, Surrey sustained minor cuts and bruises as well as anxiety and depression as a result of falling whilst admitted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol on 20.03.11.Continue reading this article
£10,000 compensation recovered for misdiagnosis of constipation and a failure to carry out an abdominal CT scan in a timely manner
Our client, Mrs C, aged 65 from Ashford was admitted to the William Harvey Hospital with abdominal pains and vomiting at Christmas 2011.
The A&E Department of William Harvey Hospital requested an urgent CT scan of the abdomen but this was not actioned. Instead, Mrs C was misdiagnosed with constipation and treated incorrectly for this.Continue reading this article