Is there a DIY legal forum like Wikivorce?

[Loverofoxbowlakes]

Hi, hoping for some help please. With the help of a very empowering hands-off solicitor and wikivorce I mostly DIY'd my own divorce, with the odd appointment here and there, and a direct access barrister at the end.

After my mum died earlier this year the hospital launched it's own investigation and found a series of failures, and my siblings are encouraging a claim for costs incurred as a direct result of their failures (funeral costs, solicitor and estate agent fees when selling her home etc). I know we can't claim a huge amount, so no win no fee seems false economy. Just looking for some websites/forums for guidance into the process, filling out intent to claim letter, form 36(?) etc for a reasonably competent adult with the hospital's own damning report.
TIA

But if failures have been found, the hospital has admitted liability. So what are they offering by way of response?

They offered nothing - I attended a meeting with her consultant and another colleague where they explained (in shockingly explicit detail) what happened, what didn't happen, what should have happened, and why their numerous mistakes led directly to her death. Then it was just sorry for your loss, bye'.

She was retired, no financial dependents etc, so I understand there is no recourse to huge compensation.

the consultant and a colleague wouldn’t be the ones you’d be meeting with to discuss a hospital admission of liability op

Medical negligence claims are difficult. I wouldn't recommend trying to do it yourself.

We met with the consultant shortly after her death and they said they'd launched an investigation as her death was unexpected. A few months later we went back, met with the same consultant who delivered the results of the investigation - 5 pages of information outlining 5 different mistakes over 36 hours from her admission to her death (she had lung cancer, had just had a low-dose chemo and was admitted directly to oncology query sepsis, which was misdiagnosed as dehydration. She was not seen by a doctor for 18 hours after admission, she was moved wards but the records not updated so missed the evening round, her blood test results showing huge sepsis markers were missed, she was not given the antibiotic regime as per nhs protocol, and by the time she was seen it was too late. I was on the premises trying to advocate for her to no avail).

It was the same consultant we met both times, she initiated the investigation as mum wasn't expected to die as a result of her ongoing treatment plan, but it was the failure after her (not unexpected after chemo) readmission that led to her death.

Any advice on the next steps please?

This was no an admission of liability

Where there has been an official investigation and the hospital admits liability, the consultant doesn’t rock up alone to deliver the output. Why? Because she’s the one being investigated.

The hospital’s legal team completely take over proceedings

Consultants have nothing to do with official investigations and hospital admitting liability for negligence

So how do I now escalate this? I have the hard copy of the investigation into my mum's death, and the hospital upheld my subsequent complaint. The consultant was her oncologist who I had met a number of times before, and had nothing to do with her care the weekend of her death.

It did feel very 'sorry for your loss, bye' at the time but I was in such a fog I couldn't face perusing any further.

The report says, in black and white, that her death was preventable, due to 5 (I think) reasons listed in the report. She was not expected to die as part of her ongoing treatment regime but because her readmission was so badly managed this led directly to her 'preventable' death.

The initial meeting was held due to their duty of candour - to keep us informed that her death was irregular and that an investigation had been initiated.

Have you once in any form or fashion had any interactionwith the hospital’s legal department.

The hospital’s board becomes involved with admissions of negligence.