To put in a claim for medical negligence.

[Beanz2022]

Long story short - went in for c section on the 7th, all successful and baby fine, I was fine. on the 8th I was prescribed a very strong ibruprofen suppository, and then given another strong ibruprofen tablet around an hour later when the space in between Both
of these things should have been 12 hours. I started to vomit and felt dizzy and very nauseas when it happened (at this point didn’t realise what had actually happened - just thought they were giving me the prescribed doses) and did wonder why I started to feel unwell.

responsible midwife came to my bedside around 8 hours later and profusely apologised and admitted to what she had done.

I sat there and I was in shock and just accepted he apologies.

now I’ve actually let it sink in… this could have been a lot worse and could have been my newborn or another baby it happened to.

I also googled symptoms and, and it could be fatal, but I appear to have gotten off lightly with some minor sickness and nausea and dizziness.

I have huge medical anxiety anyway but this has tipped me over the edge.

patient experience nurse came round this morning, and just on her general rounds
and I explained to her what happened and she was just as shocked and doesn’t understand how it happened and has let me log an official complaint!

shall I make a claim or leave it alone?

Thanks

Just to add OP overdoses are generally only treated if doses excess 100mg/kg so assuming your an average 65kg women that’s 6.5g needed to be concerned enough to treat with activated charcoal

You won’t get fuck all

Kindly OP thank your lucky stars this is all you have to complain about. I missed out on weeks of my children’s lives due to errors made by medical staff and being medically gaslit.

You can complain but you can’t make a ‘claim’ unless there’s harm. Well you can claim all you like but no compensation will be paid unless there’s harm as a result of a fault.

That’s clearly unacceptable, and I’d put in a complaint to make sure it was investigated properly. But I can’t see the point of trying to sue when you came to no significant harm, and (outside of the frail elderly or those with significant pre existing renal problems) ibuprofen overdose is thankfully one of the least clinically worrying forms of overdose. By my reckoning, most lawyers would reject you in the basis of you not having come to significant harm.

i do hope you have had a decent apology.

Nothing to claim for. Short term nausea 8s not claim worthy.
Do you or baby have any long term issues as a result?

Medical negligence has very specific criteria. You have to have suffered direct harm/injury as a consequence of a health care provider's failure to provide care of a standard expected of their peers. So there needs to be actual harm suffered and it to be causally related to a failure in care. Also professionals are judged related to their peers so a GP is not expected to have the expertise of a specialist in a particular area. Your report does not appear to meet these criteria. If you want to complain about a drug administration error in the hope that systems can be improved and further errors avoided you can do so, but that is not a medical negligence complaint.

It's not going to be worth it from a financial perspective. The amount you would be awarded for something like that, where - while horrible - there was no injury and there were no long term consequences would be minimal. The cost of raising a claim would be far more than you would be awarded if successful. You are only ever awarded actual losses, and while financial value is placed on injury or illness, the harm caused to you was so minimal that it would be valued at almost nothing.

I'm sorry it happened and you should contact PALS so they can reassure you what steps they will take to make sure something like this never happens again.

It made you feel unwell for a few hours? I don't think that's enough to warrant a compensation claim. It's more for things that caused lasting damage, life limiting or life threatening illness or injury. Not just temporary illness that didn't need further treatment. Though obviously it shouldn't have happened.

It was a mistake and it should be recorded and you should get reassurance they have addressed how it happened. But I don't think sueing the NHS over it will get you very far.

It's not a 'claim' like an insurance payout. You would be suing for medical negligence. Once you start that process the legal and investigatory costs will be signifant all round and your payout, if you win, will be based on your harm or loss, which doesn't sound that significant, tbh. Legal profession will welcome your claim of course.

after c section would have been 100mg Diclofenac and you can have oral ibuprofen as soon as 6-8h afterwards, that usually being 400mg. It’s very common to have nausea and the symptoms you describe after a c section due to the anaesthesia so while I am not saying you are wrong, it would be also difficult to prove it was an extra dose of NSAIDs

It depends how much energy and money you have. Similar happened to DS - Dr gave double the dose of medication she should have, which caused such severe side effects they thought he was having a stroke. Whilst another Dr did come and give a brisk 'sorry, lessons will be learned' statement, they all closed ranks and claimed it doesn't matter she gave the wrong dose, it didn't kill him. I think you'd face an uphill battle and I don't know what you would get out of it in the end - by all means, talk to a 'no win, no fee' solicitor to see if it's financially viable to pursue. If all you're looking for is the hospital to put in place procedures so this doesn't happen again, forget it, that won't happen.

It will have been logged if she apologised. These things happen very frequently. I’d let it go.

Complain at the level you have done to ensure it doesn’t happen to anyone else but a medical negligence claim? No. Sounds rather grabby if you ask me

I wasn’t monitored throughout being induced - ending in an emergency section and my daughter almost DIED. In fact when the c-section was done they fully thought my baby had died and it’s only by some absolute miracle that she came out alive and well. They were as shocked as me. Because prior to that there was no heartbeat at all. If she’d died yes I would have made a claim. But she is alive and well, as am I and therefore - all really is well.

You felt sick for a few hours and received an apology? What’s the issue?

If you were to raise a formal complaint you would receive an apology (which you have already had and in person). I don't think you will find any solicitor who would agree to taking this on as a medical negligence case to sue the NHS.

Making a formal complaint would be extremely reasonable. Claims however are for when you need money to provide ongoing care for a child or relative who is going to be disabled for the rest of their life. No need for it in this situation.

Don't be so utterly ridiculous and greedy. Concentrate on your child and stop being so vindictive!

Don't be so ridiculous

You made an official complaint. It is logged and reported.

There is no claim to be made here.

No harm

This.

Money, money, give me some money! No you should not be compensated.

I cannot comprehend how this is on forefront of someone's mind when they gave birth just 48h ago?

It’s an overused word on mumsnet ut yes, in this case it would be vile. It was a mistake (have you never made one), they admitted it, will have learned a valuable lesson and you have logged a complaint so there will be an investigation to see what happened and systems may be updated.

No harm has been done to you so you won’t get anything meaningful, so any ‘compo claim’ is just ambulance chasing selfishness damaging the NHS.

I don’t think you will get any compensation or find a solicitor to take this on. I have an open claim for medical negligence after birth but errors by the surgical team have left me with kidney damage and a urostomy bag. It’s also been clear that procedures weren’t followed during surgery that led to the damage. Honestly I would just enjoy your new baby.