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£170,000 for Mental Health Failings Resulting in Death of Beloved Husband and Father

David Stratton — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:25:00 +0000

29th April 2020 – Our client, Mrs W, from the Medway towns, has just concluded a long legal battle, successfully, against the Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, arising from the death of her husband back in … Continue reading →

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BBC News – Prospect Park Hospital ‘system breach may have caused death’

Fairweathers — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 08:25:22 +0000

Expert evidence is needed to establish if a “systems breach” by a mental health trust contributed to the death of a woman, a coroner heard. Lawyer Nick Fairweather said “arguably” a breach in relation to equipment and training may have … Continue reading →

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Peter Franklin’s Case Featured on BBC South East News

admin — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:12:33 +0000

There has been a great deal of media interest in the tragic case of Peter Franklin who took his own life in August 2013 having failed to access help from the local Mental Health Trust and at Maidstone Hospital A&E … Continue reading →

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Sunday People – NHS turned away dad 7 times on day he took his own life

Fairweathers — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:46:25 +0000

A deeply depressed pensioner killed himself after being turned away by NHS medics SEVEN TIMES that day. Peter Franklin, who jumped to his death from a motorway bridge, was even told he would be arrested if he returned to the … Continue reading →

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Peter Franklin’s Case Settles for an Undisclosed Sum

Fairweathers — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:50:37 +0000

Peter Franklin, aged 67, died on 19th August 2013, when he took his own life by jumping from a motorway bridge on the M20, close to Maidstone Hospital. He did so in a state of despair, having tried to access … Continue reading →

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Sunday Times – Pay out for Widow of Depressed Man ‘Fobbed off’ Five Times by NHS.

Fairweathers — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 09:00:24 +0000

Article by James Gillespie Published: 13.08.2017 A mentally ill man killed himself by jumping from a motorway bridge after he was sent home from an A&E department five times on the day he died. At one point Peter Franklin, 67, … Continue reading →

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Mandy Park features on Meridian’s Mental Health Awareness Week coverage

Fairweathers — Tue, 09 May 2017 13:01:33 +0000

The second week in May is National Mental Health Awareness Week, with Meridian Television broadcasting mental health focused features on its evening news bulletin each day this week. Tonight the focus was on mental health problems affecting children and young … Continue reading →

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Sunday Mirror – Mentally ill young woman killed herself hours after NHS staff called her a ‘f**king waste of space’

Fairweathers — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:17:53 +0000

Mandy Park, the mother of 20-year-old Hannah Groves, is now set to receive a £260,000 payout after her daughter Hannah Groves was found hanged A mother is set to receive a £260,000 payout after her mentally ill daughter killed herself … Continue reading →

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Mandy Park’s Case against Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Settles for £260,000

Fairweathers — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 18:27:06 +0000

We have previously reported on the tragic case of Hannah Groves who died on 22nd October 2012 when she took her own life due to serious failings in care by Southern Health Trust. Hannah, a ‘Grade A Student’, was just … Continue reading →

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Sunday Times – NHS pay-out after children see father kill their Mother

Fairweathers — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 12:40:10 +0000

Article by James Gillespie Published: 06.03.16 Three children have been awarded substantial damages after the killing of their mother by their mentally ill father, who had been turned away from hospital by a nurse and told to go home and … Continue reading →

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