My elderly and terminally ill fathers arm was broken in December by Patient Transport when they were bringing him home from dialysis. The private ambulance company have done a review and say the injury was caused by negligence/they have admitted liability. The driver was sacked (it was a Friday night, my father is a wheelchair user and the driver didn't want to go back to the ambulance to get one so tried to transport him without one) . Fortunately the driver now has a new job. My father was unfortunately kept in hospital for nearly six months whilst the hospital and council argued over who would pay for the double handed care that was now needed (my father had a stroke in his 40s and the money from selling his house was used on his care long ago). We've had a hell of a time- my father has been in pain and stuck in a hospital bed for months. I've had to visit him every day after work (he's deaf and blind and the hospital found it challenging to communicate and care for him). Fortunately he's now home but I've spent the last three weeks on his sofa providing night care so am not thinking very straight.
Today his solicitor said the private ambulance company have offered him £1,000 compensation. I think this is a joke as travelling to and from the hospital for nearly six months has cost much more than this. The company has a multi million pound contract with the trust to provide this service. I do know I am tired and we literally don't have a penny now. Am I being unreasonable to think he should be offered more or should we accept is at its better than Nothing?