1st September 2023 – Our client Mr M from Dover attended his GP with a lump in his abdomen which was diagnosed as a hiatus hernia by Mr Sanjoy Basu Consultant Surgeon at the One Hospital, Ashford.
3rd August 2023 – Our client Mrs M from the West Country instructed Fairweathers after experiencing a terrible ordeal following the birth of her son in May 2020.Continue reading this article
We are very pleased to report that we have successfully completed our full 3 year Lexcel Practice Management Standard audit with another strong performance.
The audit took place over 2 full days – 6 & 7 July – and our auditor was on site for the first time since 2019, having carried this out remotely for the last 3 years due to the pandemic.Continue reading this article
As a firm regulated by the SRA, we are required to collect, report and publish workforce diversity data about the diversity make-up of our workforce.Continue reading this article
6th July 2023 – Our client, a mother of two in her forties, underwent an endometrial ablation on 29.07.2020 by way of treatment for ongoing, debilitating menorrhagia.
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6th July 2023 – Our client, woman now aged 22, from Canterbury, lost her first child when aged just 17 years due to failures in the ultrasound monitoring of her baby son during her pregnancy. Her antenatal care was provided by QEQM Hospital, Margate, run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.Continue reading this article
6th July 2023 – Our client, a 39 year old woman from Surrey, lost her second child on 27.05.2019 following a traumatic birth at Epsom Hospital run by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.Continue reading this article
27th May 2023 – Our client, Ms D, from Thanet Kent, underwent what should have been a straightforward laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital Canterbury over the summer of 2015. Continue reading this article
26th May 2023 – Nick was one of the guests on the Jeremy Vine show today invited to comment on the findings of the Care Quality Commission when they inspected the East Kent Maternity Department in January of this year, finding appalling hygiene, equipment and clinical practices in place, to the point where closing the William Harvey Unit was a real possibility.Continue reading this article
4th May 2023 – Our client Mr T from Whitstable instructed Fairweathers after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. His grievance was that he had attended Accident & Emergency at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, Margate 11 months before his diagnosis and a chest x-ray taken at the time failed to trigger appropriate investigations. Very sadly Mr T died shortly after instructing us and his widow carried on with the claim in order to obtain answers on his behalf.Continue reading this article