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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

Luchii Gavrilescu: Jury inquest hears of failings in the care of a 5-week-old baby Luchii at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, in Margate and admissions that the Hospital negligently missed TB on his father’s chest x-ray leading to Luchii’s death.

20th July 2021 – Before North East Kent Area Coroner Joanne Andrews
12th July – 20th July 2021
Luchii Gavrilescu, a 5 week old baby died after three A&E attendances at QEQM, Margate on 6 th December 2019. A jury inquest has heard a number of criticisms of the care he received over this period of time.Continue reading this article

£12,000 Recovered for Retained Products of Conception following a C-Section

1st July 2021 – Our client, a 35-year-old woman from London, underwent an emergency C-section delivery of her first child at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Greenwich in October 2018 after a failure to progress in labour. Her operation records stated that her placenta and cord were complete on removal. She recovered well from the procedure and was discharged shortly afterwards.Continue reading this article

£18,000 Recovered for Failure to Correctly Suture the Left Uterine Angle during a C-Section

2nd June 2021 – Our client, a 42-year-old woman from West Sussex, underwent an elective C-section delivery of her second child at Worthing Hospital in September 2018.Continue reading this article

£21,000 for Anaesthetic Awareness during Surgery

31st March 2021 – Our client Mrs P from Ashford, Kent underwent a laparoscopic bilateral ureterolysis and excision of endometriosis at the Spencer Wing at William Harvey Hospital on 23.01.2019.Continue reading this article

Fairweathers team up with 7BR to Provide Pro-bono Inquest Representation for two Families who lost their Babies as part of the East Kent Maternity Scandal

8th March 2021 –

We are delighted to announce that we have managed to arrange Inquest representation for two of the families we represent who tragically lost their babies due to admitted failings at the QEQM Hospital Margate. Continue reading this article

£19,000 for negligently performed cataract surgery

3rd March 2021 – Our Client, Mrs H, an 86 year old woman from Margate, Kent came to see us following a complication she experienced during right sided cataracts surgery that took place in July 2018 at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital under local anaesthetic.
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GP Surgery prescription error fatality case settles

3rd March 2021 – Our client, Mr H, the son and Executor of a 92 year old lady from Margate, Kent, brought a case in respect of the death of this late mother following a prescription error.Continue reading this article

East Kent Trust admits liability for negligently causing the death of baby Luchii Gavrilescu

16th July 2020 – Our client, Laura Cooke, presented to QEQM on 29.11.2019 with her 5 week old baby, Luchii, who was suffering with a mottled rash, erratic breathing and reduced feeding. He was seen by a junior doctor, diagnosed with bronchiolitis and sent home without treatment. No chest x – ray or blood tests were taken.
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