6th January 2023 – Mrs T, a 73 year old woman from Margate, was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy following a collapse. Prior to this she had been fit and well, was completely independent and was a full time carer for her elderly father.Continue reading this article
Category Archives: Care of the elderly
Settlement achieved in case involving a Grade 4 pressure sore suffered in Folkestone care home
27th May 2022 – Our Client, Mr C, from Maidstone, Kent came to us following the death of his wife, Mrs C, in March 2019. Continue reading this article
Trust admits that negligent failure to prevent deterioration of a sacral pressure sore led to death of 71 year old man
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
£1.9 Million Awarded for Severe Pressure Sores after long Legal Battle
30th April 2020 – Our client, Mrs X, is a long term sufferer with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and has been wheelchair bound for many years. Despite this, she managed to achieve a very full life with her husband and family.
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£14,000 for failing to prevent fall in Hospital
2nd April 2020 – Our client, Mr K brought a clinical negligence claim on behalf of his late mother, Mrs K, (aged 91), as a result of care she received whilst she was an inpatient at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM), Margate in October 2018.
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£13,000 for Hospital Neglect causing Pressure Sores
2nd April 2019
Our client, JW brought a clinical negligence claim on behalf of his wife, EW, (aged 79), as a result of treatment she received whilst she was an inpatient at West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth in August – November 2014.
Continue reading this articleYou were very good, I knew what was going on, and staffs were all very helpful over the phone and at your offices. (Mrs K, Margate)
Steevi held my hand all the way through a stressful situation. She explained everything to me thoroughly and was always at the end of the phone and made time for me. (Mr H, Croydon)