We previously reported the circumstances of this matter, following a formal admission of liability by the Defendant (the NHS Commissioning Board, on behalf of her GP surgery, which was an NHS managed practice), in May 2013.Continue reading this article
Our client Mr B, 73 years old, from Purley, Surrey sustained minor cuts and bruises as well as anxiety and depression as a result of falling whilst admitted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol on 20.03.11.Continue reading this article
Our client, Mrs C, aged 65 from Ashford was admitted to the William Harvey Hospital with abdominal pains and vomiting at Christmas 2011.
The A&E Department of William Harvey Hospital requested an urgent CT scan of the abdomen but this was not actioned. Instead, Mrs C was misdiagnosed with constipation and treated incorrectly for this.Continue reading this article
Our client, Kate Harvey, aged 36, underwent surgery involving the removal of ovarian cysts at Southlands Hospital, Shoreham – by – sea, West Sussex on 1st October 2012.Continue reading this article
Mr F, a 53 year old man, from Ashford, Kent, collapsed at his home in March 2007. He found himself lying on the floor with an agonising pain at the back of his head and neck, radiating to his forehead. The cause was a rupture of an aneurysm (ACA) resulting in a small sub-arachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Mr F presented at Kent and Canterbury’s A&E where he underwent neurological examinations and X rays. He was admitted to a ward where further investigations were planned to exclude SAH as the cause of the symptoms. The results of these subsequent investigations were suggestive of SAH in the posterior sulci.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 54 year old man from Crawley, developed a spontaneous DVT in November 2007. He attended on his GP on a couple of a occasions but was (non-negligently) not diagnosed.Continue reading this article
In February last year we reported that we had received instructions from more than 50 patients at the College Practice, Maidstone, whose medical records had been unlawfully accessed by Steven Tennison, a Business Manager employed by the Practice.Continue reading this article
In March of last year we reported that two local NHS Trusts had admitted liability for substandard treatment of Simon Willson, who died on 23.01.10, at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, aged just 34, when he took his life by hanging himself with his belt, within the disabled toilet, following admission to hospital having taken an overdose.Continue reading this article
Mrs S was treated privately at the Whipps Cross University Hospital on 05.09.09 for a total hip replacement. The operation was carried out negligently due to one of the screws missing the femoral head and therefore only 1 screw was in situ.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 46 year old woman from Canterbury, Kent, was born with a left eye squint which was not fully corrected through surgery as a child.
Whilst accompanying her daughter to an ophthalmic appointment, the staff at Kent & Canterbury Hospital suggested that she might benefit from further squint surgery.Continue reading this article