Lawyers say they were so concerned about allegations against a former Sheppey GP that they have reported him to the General Medical Council.

Hudgell Solicitors who are representing Kris Illidge from Rushenden in a £200,000 lawsuit have taken the unusual step of reporting Dr Srinvasan Chandran to medicine's professional body.

Dr Chandran ran surgeries in Sheerness and Queenborough until he retired in January this year. Mr Illidge's battle emerged in papers filed at the High Court in London last month.

Solicitor Sharon Lam said: "Our client has been through a very difficult time and suffered serious, life-changing ill health.

"Sadly, despite the defendant’s legal team first being made aware of our concerns back in 2017, and specific allegations being clearly set out to them in July of last year, we have received little correspondence.

“The law states that we should be provided with either admissions of breach of duty or reasons as to why our allegations are being denied. But that simply has not happened and that has made it impossible for us to progress the case other than to do so through the courts."

She added: "This has resulted in media coverage of the case which our client did not seek. He simply wants what we say was negligent treatment provided to him fully investigated through the appropriate channels.

“Such were our concerns in this case that we raised them with the General Medical Council (GMC). As such, we have been asked to provide details of the treatment provided to Mr Illidge and we will, of course, cooperate with the GMC."

Mr Illidge, 38, of First Avenue, said he made various visits to the GP’s Queenborough surgery between 2012 and 2017 complaining that he was breathless, tired and irritable and putting on weight. Case papers allege the GP took no action.

Mr Illidge, a crane operator, says he was admitted to Medway Maritime Hospital as an emergency in 2017 and was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure.

He spent 18 months on dialysis before having a transplant but fears he may need a second or a third.

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