19th October 2022 – Fairweathers Solicitors have represented around two dozen families whose babies died or were caused severe injury with lifelong disabilities due to the failings of East Kent Maternity Services.
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15th June 2022 – Our client, a 66-year-old man from Whitstable, suffered a partial loss of vision in his left eye due to a catalogue of failures which caused his glaucoma treatment (trabeculectomy surgery) to be delayed by up to 12 months overall. Continue reading this article
10th June 2022 – Archie Batten was born on Sunday 1 st September 2019, at the QEQM Hospital Margate, and lived for just 27 minutes. Continue reading this article
1st June 2022 – Our client Mrs D’s husband was admitted to Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford in September 2018 with suspected aspiration pneumonia. Unfortunately due to a combination of reasons including incorrect labelling of imaging and failure to use a chest drain safety check list a drain was inserted on the wrong side. Our client’s husband subsequently developed sepsis and sadly died within days. Continue reading this article
27th May 2022 – Our client Mr B was told he needed an urgent coronary angioplasty after having a diagnostic angiogram in November 2015. Continue reading this article
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
23rd May 2022 – The Inquest into the death of Archie Batten, who was born on Sunday 1 st September 2019, and lived for just 27 minutes, is due to resume tomorrow at the Archbishop’s Palace in Maidstone before the Assistant Coroner for North East Kent Sonia Hayes.Continue reading this article
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