Speaking out about Mental Health bed closures in East Kent

Speaking out about Mental Health bed closures in East Kent

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

NHS Private Treatment Case settles

NHS Private Treatment Case settles

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

Steve Evans joins Fairweathers

Steve Evans joins Fairweathers

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