Making a complaint before a medical negligence claim

[Missmoppetspoppet]

Does anyone have experience of this? I was admitted to hospital by ambulance for a life threatening illness earlier this year which was made considerably worse by being misdiagnosed for ten days whilst I was on the ward (I was in for a fortnight overall). There’s a lot more to it including two anaesthetic failures and a misplaced IV drip that filled my arm with drugs. I’m still living with the consequences and will be for some time. Any advice on how to phrase a complaint that will become a claim is much appreciated.

That's impossible for another poster to do as we don't know all the details.
However, you could make an appt with the local PALS service who could talk you through it?

I have been through this and would advise a complaint, to better understand what happened. I would advise against expecting a claim to follow.

Misdiagnosis can be treating the most likely cause first. You will have to prove the harm caused to you by negligence and it is very difficult.

We thought our case was an open and shut example of maternity failure in a trust which is now a byword for it and had hundreds and hundreds of examples from the year I gave birth. We pursued it - with other families - for accountability and because we understood we would have lower prospects of success if my baby's name was on the claim because of the specifics of the incident, while we knew we would need extra support for him which we can't afford.

It has been nearly 5 years of horrible, intrusive investigation and we are nowhere near court. For example, they have written to every manager I have ever had to explore how my ability to work changed. The lovely solicitor I had who really understood was replaced overnight by someone who didn't seem to care in the least and clearly plans to lose it from the caseload at the first opportunity. The independent 'experts' have made error after error and don't correct them, while apparently bending over backwards to protect the NHS.

I wouldn't touch it if I knew what I know now and I work in law! It's the most stacked regime I have encountered. The costs are too high.