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
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has now produced a report dealing with the complaints of our client, Debbie Westwick, in relation to the breast cancer treatment she received from the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and the East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The details of Debbie’s case have appeared in previous news articles.Continue reading this article
Our client, a 69 year old man, from Hythe in Kent, underwent a left total hip replacement (THR) at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent.
Unfortunately, during that surgery, an injury was caused to his sciatic nerve which resulted in a foot drop and which had a significant impact on his day to day activities and his hobbies of cycling and ballroom dancing.Continue reading this article
Article by James Gillespie Published: 15 September 2013.
A CORONER has condemned an NHS mental health team, which had dismissed a suicidal 20-year-old student as an “effing waste of space” hours before she took her own life.
For nine days Hannah Groves, who was studying French at Southampton University, made repeated requests to be admitted to the Antelope House mental health unit in the city, warning that she wanted to kill herself.Continue reading this article
A CORONER has delivered a damning assessment of a mental health service’s actions in the days before a young Hampshire woman took her own life.
The risk to the safety of Hannah Groves was “not adequately identified” in the run-up to her tragic death, Southampton Coroner Keith Wiseman said this morning.
The 20-year-old had requested treatment at a mental health unit in Southampton after making several attempts to take her own life in the week before she died.Continue reading this article
Mr H, an 81 year old gentleman at the time of the negligence, was admitted to Darent Valley Hospital in January 2009, following a fall at home, as a result of which he suffered a fracture of the arm.
On admission, he was noted to be suffering from chronic dementia and appeared very confused.Continue reading this article
During 2003, our client, Mr G, from Canterbury, was admitted to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital at Canterbury and diagnosed with pancreatitis. Conservative management was advised.
Late in 2008, he presented with abdominal pain and jaundice. He was seen at the QEQM Hospital in Margate where, early in 2009, endoscopic ultrasound scanning showed gallstones.Continue reading this article
This morning Nick Fairweather joined Teresa Murray, Deputy Labour Leader in Medway, in discussing current proposals to shut the Acute Mental Health Admission Ward at Medway Maritime Hospital.
This follows recent closures of psychiatric inpatient facilities at Thanet and Ashford, this leaving just three admission centres proposed, in Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.Continue reading this article
Staff member at Antelope House called Hannah Groves ‘a waste of space’ before she took her own life
A MENTAL health worker described a woman as a “waste of space” in a foul mouthed outburst just hours before the woman took her own life, an inquest heard.
Hannah Groves wanted treatment at a specialist mental health unit in Southampton after saying she wanted to kill herself but she was told there was no space.Continue reading this article
Nick Fairweather was invited to speak, on behalf of the firm, on BBC Radio Kent this morning, concerning alarming figures secured by the station under Freedom of Information Requests made of the Kent and Medway Social Care Partnership Trust.
The data shows a seven fold increase in expenditure on private out of area hospital facilities at an average cost of £8,000 per patient.Continue reading this article