Ms M, a 23 year old lady at the time of the negligence, gave birth to her second child at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, Sussex in February 2010.
She suffered a significant tear to her labia but this was misdiagnosed as merely a “graze” and therefore was not sutured.Continue reading this article
In our article dated 16.07.2013 we reported that Medway NHS Foundation Trust had been placed into special measures following the Keogh Review.
The Trust was one of 11 hospitals across the country to have this drastic action taken.
Today it has been reported that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued three formal warnings to the Trust, including that it must take immediate action to improve the safety and welfare of women giving birth at Medway Maritime Hospital.Continue reading this article
Ms G from London, 37 years old at the time of the incident, gave birth to her second child at the Royal Berkshire Hospital on 17 October 2009.
She returned home with her newborn baby but continued to bleed very heavily.Continue reading this article
Within previous Inside Story features we have highlighted the case of Debbie Westwick, a Nurse from Canterbury, who suffered substandard treatment at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital under the auspices of the Kent Oncology Centre. Continue reading this article
An NHS trust has paid out £651,000 to 15 former patients of a Kent surgeon, it has been revealed.
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust made the out of court settlements, to people treated by Dr David Jackson, from 2002 – five years before he was sacked.Continue reading this article
We have today issued proceedings on behalf of a local woman, ‘Miss W’, against 3 NHS Trusts alleging wholesale systemic failings in the treatment she received for breast cancer.Continue reading this article