4th May 2022 – Our Client, Mrs S, from Canterbury, Kent came to us following the sad loss of her father, Mr C, in August 2019. Mr C had reduced mobility following a discectomy in 2017 and he was therefore largely wheelchair bound. As a result of this had a heightened risk of pressure ulcers which was suitably managed by his community healthcare team whilst he was living at home.Continue reading this article
28th March 2022 – Our client, a 21-year-old woman from Ashford, had previously brought a claim (via her mother as litigation friend) arising out of a failure to diagnose congenital hip dysplasia shortly after her birth. Continue reading this article
14th March 2022 – Archie Batten was born late in the evening at the QEQM Hospital Margate on Sunday 1 st September 2019 and died shortly afterward at just 27 minutes of age. He was the first child of parents Rachel Higgs and Andrew Batten.Continue reading this article
16th February 2022 – Our client, a 56-year-old man from Kent, has been left with a permanent stoma as a result of post-operative complications following an operation to remove his rectal cancer which took place at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford on 21.08.2017.Continue reading this article
10th December 2021 – Our client suffered cerebral palsy due to a hospital in Kent mismanaging his mother’s labour and his delivery.Continue reading this article
3rd December 2021 – Archie Powell, died on 14th February 2019 at just 4 days old after a failure to administer life-saving antibiotics in a timely manner at QEQM. An Inquest has heard a number of criticisms of the care he received following his birth. Continue reading this article
30th November 2021 – Our client, a young female from Herne Bay underwent an echocardiogram in 2012 which identified left bundle branch block and reduced ejection fraction in her left ventricle (35%) which was not acted on by the reviewing physician Dr Barton of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.Continue reading this article
5th August 2021 – Our client, a 71-year-old man from Dartford, lost his wife on 09.02.2017 as a result of an angiogram to treat coronary artery disease which was negligently performed at the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.Continue reading this article
31st July 2021 – In August 2015, our client’s brother, Mr H, was feeling generally unwell and had swollen testes. He saw the GP at his local surgery, Minster Medical Group, Sheerness, Kent and prostatitis was suspected.Continue reading this article
28th July 2021 – Our client, a 47-year-old man from Newcastle, was suffering with a right middle trigger finger and was referred to the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust where he underwent surgery in July 2015.Continue reading this article