We are pleased to report that we have today received notification that our recent Lexcel re-accreditation audit, which took place last month, has resulted in success for the firm.
Areas that the assessor commended us for, on this occasion, included the following:-Continue reading this article
Our client, a 25 year old man at the time, suffered a fractured right fibula whilst on holiday in Spain. Upon arriving back in the UK a couple of days later he attended at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, and two weeks later underwent an operation to fix the fracture.Continue reading this article
Recent figures obtained by Radio Kent show that medical negligence payouts have doubled, over recent years, to £40 million annually, with roughly half of that sum paid out in birth injury/obstetric cases.
This featured as the lead item on Radio Kent news this morning when Nick participated in the discussions, together with Mark Waterstone, Consultant Obstetrician at the Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford.Continue reading this article
We today settled a case on behalf of our client, a lady from East Kent, who underwent a right total hip replacement over the Summer of 2011 at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.
The operation seemed to have taken place satisfactorily, and our client was discharged homed, with crutches, within two days of having had the procedure performed.Continue reading this article
Ms G from London, 37 years old at the time of the incident, gave birth to her second child at the Royal Berkshire Hospital on 17 October 2009.
She returned home with her newborn baby but continued to bleed very heavily.Continue reading this article
Our client, Ms K, a 28 year old lady from Ramsgate, underwent a cholecystectomy (removal of the gall bladder by laparoscopic – key hole – surgery) at the QEQM Hospital in September 2007, following a diagnosis of gall stones.
During the operation, her common bile duct was mistaken for her cystic duct and was divided.Continue reading this article
Ms C, a 43 year old lady from West Sussex, was pregnant with twins and induced at Worthing Hospital in May 2010.
Her labour failed to progress so it was decided that she would need a Caesarean section.
Before and during the C-section procedure, Ms C was given insufficient pain relief, which meant that she could feel everything.Continue reading this article
Settlement has now been reached with Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust in a case in which we acted for the mother of a young lady who tragically took her own life in January 2010 when aged just 20 years.
The deceased suffered with mental health problems from her early teenage years and into adulthood.Continue reading this article
The Times, and other media, have recently reported that patients in their 70’s or older are subject to age discrimination by being denied operations which could improve their quality of life or even save their lives.Continue reading this article
We are delighted to be able to announce that Susan Healey has joined out Clinical Negligence team.
Susan is a qualified nurse, who worked for many years in the North East, before joining Stockport Area Health Authority where she worked in the Complaints Litigation Department.Continue reading this article