To put in a claim for medical negligence.

Claim for what? You and your baby are fine.

And you may even suggest that this was due to post c section and not the ibuprofen?

What physical harm has been done to you and what loss have you suffered as a result?
Feeling dizzy and sick for a while isn’t really damage. 🙄

You are totally right - this is what the world is coming to. There always has to be a complaint, or offense has been caused, or an entitled view is so important.

Honestly be with your baby OP. It wouldn't even enter my mind to complain after I had already told someone, got an apology and went home. Nothing happened to you.

Complain to PALS.

And 1600mg can be prescribed as a single daily dose anyway. So even it had have been 800mg+400mg that’s still less than the amount that can be given as a single dose.

I really can’t see that I was given a dose of ibuprofen that’s within the safe maximum dosage just not on the schedule it should have been is a cause for compensation.

I suspect that the only result of a claim like this, beyond costing the OP money, is that it encourages people not to own up to errors.

No, yabu. You have nothing to claim for nothing happened and they owned up at the time. Stop trying to get money for nothing.

I have a clinical negligence claim currently against the NHS Trust where my Dad died. The threshold for a claim is very high and there has to be causation. You don't have any reason to claim, no Solicitor would take this on. As others have said go via PALS and make a complaint but you cannot just choose to sue the NHS for such a minor reason especially where no injury occurred.

The team looking after you spotted the error, owned up to the error, and apologised to you and told you what had happened. This implies they took it seriously and followed the appropriate steps on find the mistake.

This sort of error will always happen because humans are fallible. They have steps to follow to try and minimise the risk of human error. It appears they were following those steps.

You suffered no loss, though I appreciate the sickness must have been unpleasant, however sickness is very common post surgery and in all likelihood not a result of the medication error.

I think you are being unreasonable for the above reasons and need to move on.

I went to A&E having a heart attack. I was sent home with a diagnosis of esophageal problems when I had a known history of heart problems and was on the waiting list for an angiogram.
I subsequently got the right treatment... a stent ... at another hospital.
I contacted PALs at hospital one who thoroughly investigated it and sent me the full papers... protocols had been changed for A&E, new training had been instituted going forward and my case is being used as an example.
I did not pursue a case for negligence or try for compensation. I could have died, but I was not after money. I wanted others to be safer as a result of my intervention and this was achieved.
I was impressed that noone tried to hide from me that an error had been made but simply set about reducing risk going forward.

Putting in a complaint won't necessarily trigger a patient safety investigation. It will depend on 1) how good they are at linking complaints and incidents and 2) what the trusts psirp priorities are. You can ask if they are doing an investigation as part of your complaint and you can ask for engagement.

I wonder whether requesting a birth debrief would be better for you? I know how hard it is to put down feelings about mistakes and done well a debrief might help in ways compensation won't.

What would you be claiming for exactly?

so you were given an 800mg suppository and a 400mg pill which is well below the max dose in a hospital of 3200mg in 24 hours. I dont believe you can claim you were overdosed. you can complain doses were spread out as much as required. but I was very nearly given a double dose of innohep after my section which could have caused massive bleeding.

Honestly no, you need to prove substantial loss either of income, career, psychological distress etc.my baby died through negligence and my claim still took over 5 years and endless reports, witness statements, psychological assessments, medial experts to name only a few.

i would complain but highly doubt there is any claim to make xx

I sued for medical negligence once following a botched operation, because my symptoms were ignored (I almost died and had to be blue lighted to the nearest hospital). The reason ; I had to take (unpaid) time off work ,which resulted in me going further into debt and rent arrears and top off that , I almost lost my job because I had a previous absences.

As you can imagine, this was extremely stressful when I was already in pretty bad shape and I was urged sue by many because my case was rock solid and the precise reason why this exists in the first place - not to make money but to recoup losses I incurred due to malpractice.

This was not the NHS, but I would have done the same if it was.

A quick call with a solicitor would have told you that you have no case or claim here- claim for what??

I would absolutely demand an investigation and explanation for how this could have happened and how it can be avoided in future for the sake of anyone else.

fwiw a double dose of nsaid is very unlikely to have been the cause of those symptoms (which are all quite common after a c-section).

It will be a diclofenac suppository, it's an NSAID like ibuprofen

I had a mishandled haemorrhage after surgery and almost died. This wasn't even close to the bar for financial compensation from the NHS. What happened to you was unfortunate but honestly, having experienced some really serious failings in medical care, you got off lightly. You've got no case.

I was 100% given something I was told was an ibuprofen suppository after I gave birth.

You suffered no financial loss and despite some concerning symptoms were unharmed.

My mother actually died because of mistakes in her care (internal NHS investigation confirmed) and we are unable to claim compensation. I don't think a double dose of ibuprofen is going to be anywhere close.

So this sounds awful and scary foe you. And I hope you're now OK and enjoying your new baby

What is it that you want ? Do you feel like you are owed a better apology ? Do you want to know that someone has learned something as a result of this ie won't happen to someone else? Or do you feel you've suffered a loss of something and you want to be made right or compensated for this? If you feel strongly that you have suffered a loss then can you quantify it ? How strongly do you feel about it ? How much of a fight do you want to put up?
If the answer is yes I can quantify it and yes I'm prepared to fight then go ahead. I'd say from what you said then you more need to know that this won't happen again....

Op probably means diclofenic? Sorry can’t spell it or properly remember what it’s called but that’s what I’ve had up my bum with my 2 sections !
You have to take an absolute shitload of ibuprofen for it to kill you straight away, it’s more likely to damage your kidneys than anything ! You’re allowed I think 3,200mg per day under medical supervision. Codeine addicts take more than that trying to get their fix.
You should complain obviously but you won’t get any money.