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Sunday Times – Mother’s Pain at lost chance to stop suicide

Article by James Gillespie Published: 09 March 2014.

The mother of a vulnerable anorexia sufferer sent to a private hospital because no NHS beds were available near her home has described the torment of thinking she had missed a chance to save her daughter from taking her life.

Lisa Inkin, 21, died last April when she jumped in front of a Tube train at 10.28am at Victoria station in central London. She had texted a suicide note to her mother, Sherry, 11 minutes earlier but it did not arrive until 10.40am, by which time Lisa was dead.

Sherry, 52, has since seen CCTV images of Lisa on the platform. “She looks focussed, just staring straight ahead of her, just totally switched off,” she said.Continue reading this article

The College Practice Maidstone – Unlawful Accessing of Medical Records Contrary to the Data Protection Act

We are receiving instructions from a number of clients who are patients of the College Practice in Maidstone, a GP Surgery.

Our clients are younger women, in their 20s and 30s who were notified, as of December last year, that their confidential medical records had been unlawfully accessed by a Finance Manager at the practice.Continue reading this article

£42,500 recovered for failure to diagnose a significant labial tear following childbirth

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

Breast Cancer Test Result Blunder – Case Settles

We act for RB, in a claim arising out of the death of his wife, CB, from breast cancer, in April 2009. CB was just 44 when she died leaving RB and their young son, GB.

Over the summer of 2002, CB noticed a lump in her right breast.Continue reading this article

£33,500 recovered for perforated bowel

Our client, a 56 year old woman, from Herne Bay, Kent, underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.

Unfortunately, during the course of the operation, a perforation of the bowel was caused and went unnoticed. Our client was therefore discharged home the same day.Continue reading this article

£50,000 recovered for dispensing error.

Our client, a 75 year old woman, was provided with a repeat prescription for a range of medication including Raloxifene. Unfortunately, when this prescription was filled at the Valley Pharmacy (Croydon), Arcoxia was dispensed instead of the Raloxifene.

Our client did not notice the dispensing error and took the Arcoxia tablets for around 7 days, which resulted in her passing black diarrhoea. It was then discovered that our client had been taking the wrong medication and she was seen by her GP who diagnosed an internal bleed caused by the medication.Continue reading this article

£60,000 recovered for failure to remove retained guide wire

Our client, Mr B, was admitted to the intensive therapy unit at the QEQM Hospital, MArgate, Kent suffering from acute pancreatitis.

A guide wire from a femoral central line inserted after admission was left in situ. The line should not have been left in and should have been detected before Mr B was discharged from hospital.Continue reading this article

Warnings issued about serious concerns at Medway Maritime Hospital’s maternity department

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

£35,000 recovered for lost spleen

Following our previous article relating to this claim, dated 27.03.13, in which we confirmed that liability had been admitted by the Medway NHS Foundation Trust, we are now pleased to report that a good settlement has been achieved for our client who lives in Gillingham, Kent.Continue reading this article

Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman’s Report on Debbie Westwick’s case – Media Coverage

We reported, in our last article, on the outcome of the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman’s investigation into Debbie Westwick’s breast cancer care and into the handling of her complaints by the East Kent NHS Foundation Trust and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

Within that article we acknowledge the importance of media coverage.Continue reading this article