Has anyone ever been a victim of medical negligence?

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Following on from a post I saw on Facebook that said the nhs owes £50+billion in compensation to people who have suffered harm due to medical negligence, I wondered how common it is?

Sort of. By nurses at a hospital. They then allowed bank mental health staff to physically abuse me and sexually. I’m currently taking this further.

Yes DF. Years of going to GP about a pain, fobbed off, didn't send for scans or diagnosis due to the surgery being told to limit hospital referrals.

Years later, different GP and rules, by the time a scan was arranged it was too late...advanced, incurable stage 4 cancer, which the specialist said could have been picked up years ago with a simple scan had he been referred.

Disgusted, heartbroken, DF had served our country, worked hard all his life. Typical older generation, didn't make a fuss or tell us all the details, but he should've been listened to and his symptoms looked into rather than put down down to old age at 70!

Yes, a doctor sexually assaulted me rather than treat me. Not enough evidence to do anything about it though.

2 family members misdiagnosed cancer. Both lives made worse because of it. Didn't sue though but got apology, of sorts.

Going through it now. Botched NHS breast recon after mastectomy. Surgeon struck off. It happened to multiple women. I won’t hold my breath. I know the truth.

BIL had bowel cancer and was referred for chemo treatment at an alternative hospital. Six months later they realised he hadn't been called for his treatment - too late he was already on borrowed time and was given six months. He managed three months in the original shocking hospital where he was in the furthest room from the nursing station. He went hours between the various nursing checks and was frequently left without pain relief as they kept forgetting about him until he was moved to Hospice care.
His last two or three weeks of hospice care was fantastic and he was actually pain free for the first time in many months. There was always someone to chat to him if family weren't around and due to fundraising the hospice had plenty of the basic things that mde life so much more pleasant for their clients whereas the so-called state of the art hospital didn't have the budget for the most necessary basic things.

Df, given wrong meds. In intensive care, caused massive heart problems, died young. Didn't want to make a fuss, did nothing.

Me, midwives and registrars giving wrong meds, attempting procedures not legal in the uk ( was in uk) causing a Cs, cutting baby during Cs, list endless. All ' normal events' according to the hospital review.

Advised by pals not to pursue as hospital would destroy me. Child has til they are 18 to personally sue.

Most nhs staff are amazing and lovely people. You just have to be lucky.

My husband's aunt died due to medical negligence. She had an operation on a prolapse and kept saying she was in very bad pain. She was kept sedated (we suspect because she was complaining too much) so it was difficult for the family to know what was happening. When they realised, the doctors finally took it seriously and scanned her. Her bowel had become gangrenous and had to be removed. The subsequent sepsis caused her organs to fail and she died. The family made an official complaint and the consultant was dismissed. They didn't sue because money wouldn't bring her back. It was awful, she was only 60 and had so much to live for.

Not one that I’d ever deal with legally but NHS discharged me with cancer and then the private consultant never told me second opinion which would have resulted in an earlier diagnosis. I am fine now (but living with a minor permanent disability that I probably wouldn’t have if I’d been diagnosed earlier). But I don’t want to argue it as I am ok and that’s the most important thing - and may of these stories are terrible.

They killed my poor dad. 7 missed opportunities to catch his heart problem. If they had actully done the stuff they was supposed to he'd still be here. Reading the heart attack blood test for example.
They settled out of court and admitted guilt (I was more bothered about that than the money)

They said they are going to change but I just dont believe them as the same thing happened to another man about 5 years prior

Its the massive failings thats a problem while yes humans make human mistakes but when its such big ones its just not on

Yes during the birth of my first son. There was a story about the same thing happening recently and unfortunately that mum and baby died.

These injuries cause significant harm to people, they affect their ability to live their lives - in some cases quite literally - and cause huge economic stress to the people concerned. It’s reasonable they should be compensated for that, why should someone loose their career, their home, their ability to live pain free due to someone else’s error and not be compensated for that?

i know of one NHS trust paid out £30m due to misdiagnosis of child whom had Meningitis.