Nick Fairweather was invited to speak, on behalf of the firm, on BBC Radio Kent this morning, concerning alarming figures secured by the station under Freedom of Information Requests made of the Kent and Medway Social Care Partnership Trust.
The data shows a seven fold increase in expenditure on private out of area hospital facilities at an average cost of £8,000 per patient.Continue reading this article
Our client, Mrs S, suffered from increasingly painful and problematic bunions and was referred to the QEQM for day surgery over the summer of 2008.
In the August of that year she was offered an early operation at the Spencer Wing, a private wing at the QEQM, as part of an NHS waiting list reduction initiative, and she proceeded to surgery there in October 2008. The surgery failed despite revision operations in February 2010 and May 2011. Mrs S was left with constant severe pain in both feet.Continue reading this article
We are pleased to announce that our Office Manager, Sue Fuller, has been appointed an Associate with the Institute of Legal and Financial Management after completed the third stage of their professional examinations.
Sue scored well in the exams with a mark of 68%.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 20 year old woman when these events took place, attended at her GP surgery complaining of an altered bowel habit, abdominal pain, and weight loss from February 2010 onwards.
She was initially diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and was given medication.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 59 year old woman at the time, underwent a right total hip replacement under the care of Mr Hammer at the Medway Maritime Hospital on 06.05.08.
Following the operation she had problems including a leg length discrepancy and pain in the hip. She had a limp and required a shoe raise.Continue reading this article
In November 2008, our elderly client, Mr R, from Medway, was diagnosed as suffering with a basal cell carcinoma (“BCC”) on his anterior right ear.
An attempt to excise the lesion by surgery failed in February 2009.
In July that year, a further BCC was found on the left side.Continue reading this article
We are delighted to announce that we have today completed the purchase of new offices at Estuary View Business Park, just off the M2 in Whitstable.
The prestigious new development houses, amongst others, Whitstable Medical Centre and the Kent Messenger Group.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 40 year old woman at the time, underwent a hysterectomy at the Medway Maritime Hospital on 26.07.10. She was subsequently discharged home, but returned to hospital on 05.08.10 with increasing pain in her left leg and abdomen.Continue reading this article
We are delighted to announce that Steve Evans has today joined our Medical Negligence team.
Steve has 18 years experience as a Personal Injury Lawyer.
He trained in Oxford, then worked for many years dealing with complex and high value Personal Injury cases, on behalf of Defendants, occupying senior positions both in-house and in private practice with leading firms such as Badhams Law and Beachcrofts.Continue reading this article
We are pleased to announce that we have today settled, at a round table meeting, a GP negligence matter in the sum of £100,000.
Our client, Mr C, from Gillingham, presented with hypertension during 2006 and early 2007. There was a failure to refer him to a Nephrologist (kidney specialist), and an ongoing failure to re-check his renal function throughout 2007 and 2008.Continue reading this article