Our client, Ms K, a 28 year old lady from Ramsgate, underwent a cholecystectomy (removal of the gall bladder by laparoscopic – key hole – surgery) at the QEQM Hospital in September 2007, following a diagnosis of gall stones.
During the operation, her common bile duct was mistaken for her cystic duct and was divided.Continue reading this article
Ms C, a 43 year old lady from West Sussex, was pregnant with twins and induced at Worthing Hospital in May 2010.
Her labour failed to progress so it was decided that she would need a Caesarean section.
Before and during the C-section procedure, Ms C was given insufficient pain relief, which meant that she could feel everything.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
For Debbie Westwick, the future is bleak. “I’m dying,” she says. Before her cancer kills her, however, she has one last battle to fight.
The 49-year-old nurse is campaigning against secrecy in the medical profession that allows doctors under sanctions by the General Medical Council or suspected of serious failings to continue working without their patients knowing of their alleged faults.Continue reading this article
In July 2006, Debbie Westwick, a 43 year old nurse, was diagnosed with cancer of her left breast. She was treated at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital, where she worked, by oncologist Howard Smedley and surgeon David Jackson. Unbeknown to her, Dr Smedley was subject to ‘supervision undertakings’ imposed by the GMC for reasons that they refuse to reveal. Mr Jackson was suspended in the middle of her treatment, subsequently sacked and referred to the GMC.Continue reading this article
The service I received was superb and very different from my previous experience of solicitors. Well done!! (Anonymous)
Darren Tamplin, specialist medical negligence solicitor and head of the clinical negligence department at Fairweathers Solicitors LLP based in Canterbury settled a substantial orthopaedic claim on behalf of his client, Mrs B. Continue reading this article
Our client, a 49 year old woman from Canterbury, Kent, suffered a broken leg while walking her dog in a field.Continue reading this article
Our client, who was at the time a 27 year old mother of 2 from Ashford, Kent, came under the care of the University College Hospital in London for investigation of right arm pain.Continue reading this article