Any med neg people about? Hospital complaint

[NaToth]

I have made a formal complaint against my local hospital who:

1. Diagnosed me with a serious illness
2. Provided no care over a six week period despite phone calls, letters and visits to A&E
3. Rescinded their diagnosis when I went for a follow up appointment, possibly waiting most of that six weeks to do so.

My complaint has a number of heads, including loss of earnings as a result of losing my job because of the treatment they put me on, unnecessarily and a complaint about the way I was verbally abused and intimidated by the junior doctor who got my diagnosis wrong and was trying to cover his own back.

Because I was in such a mess, I saw a doctor from another Trust privately after my diagnosis was rescinded and then transferred my care to him on the NHS.

The original hospital is now asking for sight of correspondence between the other doctor and me and my GP. I've not given my consent yet as I'm not convinced they are entitled to it.

Does anyone have any advice on this preliminary point?

Thanks

You need to see a solicitor who deals with medical negligence as the details are too complicated to make an assessment of any kind. There are many factors that contribute to a medical negligence claim and it needs experts to untangle them.

Check your house insurance, some (mines more than) cover clinic neg on the legal cover.

Are you just complaining or do you intend to sue them?

What outcome are you seeking?

Echo what others have said, speak to a solicitor who will be able to offer some initial free advice.
If it is worth pursuing you will be able to fund through a conditional fee agreement aka 'no win, no fee' agreement. However, please note for a solicitor to agree to pursue any legal action there will have to be reasonable prospects of success - above 50% chance of success.
You will first need to prove that there was a breach of duty and secondly, this breach caused you injury resulting in losses.

Complaints are often a good starting point but if you feel you are owed compensation then you will need to start legal action.

I am already aware that I don't really enough to bring a claim in law at present. However, I have to start somewhere. I am currently asking for:

(a) the hospital to review its note taking procedures as so much material information is missing from my notes.
(b) for a formal written apology for the way a junior doctor behaved to me. I have already had a verbal apology, but want it on record.
(c) for someone to sit down with me and go through the results of a scan I had because I have been told already three different things, one of which is very worrying.
(d) for the hospital to look into the most important gap in my notes. If I can prove delay there, then I might have a claim for loss of earnings etc.