Nhs negligence claim

[Mum2threexx]

Has anyone had a successful nhs negligence claim? How much did you receive? How long did it take and did you take it to court or settle out of court? We are on the stage of letter of response from the nhs a tiny bit of back story, my mom was suffering for months and months of difficulty swallowing/breathing etc.. she had countless hospital and doctors visits and they failed to identify throat cancer until a month before she passed away although a couple of years prior she had a biopsy done and the results was a pre cancerous tumour, they failed to tell my mom about this, there was no follow up check ups nothing.

I’m so sorry. You must all be struggling to come to terms with the loss of your mum and all the inevitable what ifs.

I have a friend who has a negligence claim and it has been going on for a decade. It is invasive and stressful and brings up a lot of anger and difficult feelings. No amount of money can make up for losing your mum so I would think carefully about putting yourself through the process. If you want an apology and lesson to be learned to help you with closure, you should be aware that you may not get that even if they admit fault.

Hope you’re all doing ok x

I'm so sorry about your mum. My father died as a result of medical negligence and my stepmum pursued compensation from the NHS, which she won. I found advice and an excellent lawyer by phoning this charity:

www.avma.org.uk/

It would be worthwhile you discussing your mother's case with AVMA. All the advice lines are answered by trained volunteers, who are medical or legal professionals.

And in answer to your questions: I don't know how much my stepmother received, but it had to cover loss of my father's earnings. The case took a year or two - I can't remember now. And it was settled out of court, which is very common in clear-cut cases like my dad's where the hospital had admitted liability.

Any money paid out will be going to a charity very close to my mom's heart, that does not get any government funding, I more so want them to admit fault and hopefully it will raise some awareness to all involved and hopefully won't happen again in future as they kept fobbing my mom off with antibiotics for choking on her food and drinks, pretty much suffocating in her sleep and the pain they caused her was horrifying when it could of all been prevented had they done the follow up appointments from the beginning

My friend did one when her cancer was missed. It took years and was a proper jump through hoops and turn inside out job.

I'm sorry for your loss OP

I lost my mum due to clinical negligence, but went via the ombudsman as we didn’t feel pursuing money was the right thing to do - but this is personal to each case. We wanted the doctors to be questioned, and in this case it resulted in a change in the ward which I hope has benefited others.