15th July 2024 – Our client Mrs H experienced a number of skin problems from the mid-1990s and these necessitated regular check-ups for skin cancer.
£60,000 for Delayed Diagnosis of Basal Cell Carcinoma
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£35,000 for Delayed Diagnosis of Rectal Cancer
10th June 2024 – At the end of 2019 Ms K visited her GP on a number of occasions as she was concerned about a change in her bowel habit. In particular she visited her GP Dr Sivasubramaniam in November with a clear set of symptoms, including blood in her stool.
£150,000 for Delayed Lung Cancer Diagnosis
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
£75,000 in Damages for Head and Neck Cancer Fatality
8th February 2023 – Our client Mr J instructed this firm as Executor of the Estate of the deceased who sadly died from head and neck cancer in 2019.
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£113,000 in damages for delayed diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma
6th December 2022 – Our client Mr D from mid-Kent came to us because of his delayed diagnosis of malignant melanoma whilst under the care of West Malling Group Practice, specifically Dr Carter and Nurse Witmond.
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£35,000 for Delayed Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
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
£22,500 for Delayed Cancer Diagnosis Causing End of Life Paralysis
1st June 2020 – Our client Mrs K from Surrey lost her child to Epithelioid Sarcoma at the age of 21.
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£60,000 for Dad’s Delayed Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
9th October 2019 – Our client’s father, Mr O, was investigated by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust at the end of 2013 because he was not well and coughing up blood. The investigations included x-rays, which unfortunately were not reported as suspicious for malignancy even though there was a clear ill-defined mass on the images.
£50,000 recovered for failure to diagnose laryngeal cancer
10th July 2018 – Our client, a 50 year old woman (at the date of the negligence) from Ashford, Kent, found a lump in the left side of her neck and was suffering with a dry cough so she attended on her GP and was referred to the ENT department at the William Harvey Hospital.Continue reading this article
Very grateful to you all & can’t thank you enough especially for the fact that my lovely daughter knew you had got a good result for her, before she went. That was such a big thing for my extremely brave friend. Thank you for all your efforts. (Mrs G, Kent)