Two years ago we reported on the case of Hannah Groves in two articles (see archive news):-
09/09/13 – Mental Health Service slammed after Hannah Groves took her own life.
15/09/13 – Sunday Times: Suicide girl branded ‘waste of space’ by MHS.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 59 year old woman from Tonbridge, Kent, suffered significant dental problems as a consequence of her dentist failing to adequately treat her from around 1983.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 22 year old man from Herne Bay, Kent, suffered injuries to both arms in an accident at a BMX event in 2010.
He was initially treated appropriately, with a fracture to his right arm being treated with surgery to insert a tension band wire and pins to hold the fracture in place.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 70 year old man from Hailsham, in East Sussex, died in May 2013, from rectal cancer, following serious errors at Eastbourne District General Hospital, the responsibility of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Our client was referred to the hospital late in 2007, with an altered bowel habit and abdominal pain, following which he underwent colonoscopy in December 2007. This revealed a small tumour in the sigmoid colon, which biopsy showed to be cancerous, together with a benign polyp in the rectal region.Continue reading this article
Our client, Ms B, from Maidstone, Kent, was misdiagnosed with myeloma (a malignant tumour of the bone marrow) in November 2012 during a routine consultation with a Locum Consultant employed by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.Continue reading this article
Sally Ann Digby died on the 31st May 2014 (aged 53) when she swallowed a latex glove whilst a resident at the Phoenix Park Care Village in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Sally had suffered with dementia for a number of years and therefore was transferred to the Phoenix Park Care Home in order for specialist care to be provided to her. She was unable to look after herself and required supervision and assistance from the carers at the Residential home. Continue reading this article
Our Client, a 68 year old man from Canterbury, Kent, underwent a right total hip replacement under the care of the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust on 28.07.11. Shortly after discharge, on 08.08.11, our client’s hip replacement dislocated whilst at home.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 46 year old man from Ramsgate, Kent, was under the care of the London Clinic for a bulging disc in his lumbar spine and was awaiting a planned surgical discectomy and laminectomy operation with his surgeon.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 68 year old woman from Whitstable, Kent, lost her husband in October 2012 (he was then aged 69) as a consequence of the negligence of an out-of-hours GP.
The deceased had attended on the out-of-hours GP at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital complaining of right sided pain which was radiating to his abdomen, and vomiting. The GP undertook no proper examination of the abdomen, failed to take or record his blood pressure or temperature, and diagnosed a back strain. The deceased therefore went home and remained in pain, before calling an ambulance 3 days later.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 50 year old woman from Deal, Kent, was caused an injury to her bladder during a laparoscopic hysterectomy at the QEQM Hospital in Margate.
Although an injury to the bladder during such surgery is not of itself negligent, the surgeon failed to identify that she had caused he injury during the operation.Continue reading this article