Our client, Mrs W, an elderly 92 year old woman, from Sittingbourne, Kent, sustained a left hip fracture as a result of falling whilst an inpatient at Medway Maritime Hospital.
A claim was brought against Medway NHS Foundation Trust on the basis that despite being proven to be very unsteady on her feet no preventative measures were taken to stop her from falling, she was allowed to leave her bed unsupervised and no care plan was put in place before the fall.Continue reading this article
Our client, a woman from Aylesford, Kent, lost her husband in December 2012 (aged 66).
In October 2012 the deceased began to experience chest pain and was taken to Maidstone Hospital. There he was assessed and then discharged home with a prescription for Amoxicillin and no follow-up. Two months later he suffered a myocardial infarction whilst in bed next to his wife. His children attempted to resuscitate him, however this was unsuccessful and he was later pronounced dead. A post mortem confirmed the cause of death to be ischaemic heart disease.Continue reading this article
Our Client, Mr H, attended his GP and the Dermatology Clinic at the QEQM numerous times with a suspicious skin lesion on his nose. A biopsy was taken, results of which showed actinic keratosis (a pre-invasive form of skin cancer). Unfortunately this did not pick up the squamous cell carcinoma (cancer) present and so it took 5 more months before Mr H was correctly diagnosed, in which time his cancer had progressed to stage 2. Continue reading this article
Our client, Miss K, a 34 year old woman from Faversham, Kent, suffered multiple seizures following the issuing of an incorrect prescription by her GP, whilst she was pregnant.Continue reading this article
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