medical negligence claim

george567

Hi
I wander if anyone has any experience of this?
10 years ago my son was diagnosed with cancer and began 3 years of chemo. After the first year he got very ill and ended up on a ventilator for a month. We thought we had lost him many times. At the beginning of the illness that put him on life support some mistakes/delays were made and he ended up with some damage to his brain. Her now has some learning difficulties/uncontrolled epilepsy etc. Also an accident with the wrong drugs left him with another physical problem. I was so pleased that he survived -and we still had 2 years of chemo to go - that I never did anything about the mistakes.
He is a teenager now and when I look at him I worry so much about his future - whether he will be able to live on his own etc and although I am delihted to still have him and very grateful everyday for this I cant help thinking what if? We sometimes see some of the other kids that had cancer at the same time and many are bright out going young people - my son will never be like that (although I still have him - and some parents wouldn't care about the problems as long as they had their children - we knew several who were sadly lost to cancer - I am well aware of this)
So - I dont know what to do - it has long been suggested by various professionals that I claim on his behalf. While he was still young it didnt seem to matter - and with the shadow of cancer always hovering over us it never seemed important - but I'm not so young now and I dont want his siblings to have to care for him when I'm not around.
Has anyone ever claimed against the nhs for mistakes in care on behalf of a child? And if so how on earth do I begin the process? I have very little spare cash or time - I have 2 jobs plus look after my son and his siblings
Any advice would be appreciated but I would like to point out I dont want to sue for sueings sake - I just feel I have a duty to ensure his future.
He was such a bright young thing - he would have done well in life were it not for the mistakes.
Thanks!

george567

AAAgh - I meant to post this in the disability forum and I dont know how to change it! Sorry - I'm not sure it fits here - can anyone tell me how to change forums?!

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you will have to copy and paste,is the easiest way
i would comment that imho you need to get some expert legal opinion from a solicitor who specialises in medical negligance

luminated

sobiette wrote: »

You do realise that if you manage to win, any monies paid to you will come straight out of the already depleted NHS budget?
Effectively, money will have to be diverted to you when it could do a lot of good to others.

I thought you were outed as a TROLL on another thread?

With posts like this you sure are (not) a valuable new member to these boards. Full of heart.

luminated

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4063747

I started a thread which is full of information that could be of use to you.

clemmatis

george567 wrote: »

Hi
I wander if anyone has any experience of this?
10 years ago my son was diagnosed with cancer and began 3 years of chemo. After the first year he got very ill and ended up on a ventilator for a month. We thought we had lost him many times. At the beginning of the illness that put him on life support some mistakes/delays were made and he ended up with some damage to his brain. Her now has some learning difficulties/uncontrolled epilepsy etc. Also an accident with the wrong drugs left him with another physical problem. I was so pleased that he survived -and we still had 2 years of chemo to go - that I never did anything about the mistakes.
He is a teenager now and when I look at him I worry so much about his future - whether he will be able to live on his own etc and although I am delihted to still have him and very grateful everyday for this I cant help thinking what if? We sometimes see some of the other kids that had cancer at the same time and many are bright out going young people - my son will never be like that (although I still have him - and some parents wouldn't care about the problems as long as they had their children - we knew several who were sadly lost to cancer - I am well aware of this)
So - I dont know what to do - it has long been suggested by various professionals that I claim on his behalf. While he was still young it didnt seem to matter - and with the shadow of cancer always hovering over us it never seemed important - but I'm not so young now and I dont want his siblings to have to care for him when I'm not around.
Has anyone ever claimed against the nhs for mistakes in care on behalf of a child? And if so how on earth do I begin the process? I have very little spare cash or time - I have 2 jobs plus look after my son and his siblings
Any advice would be appreciated but I would like to point out I dont want to sue for sueings sake - I just feel I have a duty to ensure his future.
He was such a bright young thing - he would have done well in life were it not for the mistakes.
Thanks!

I suggest you talk to these people, they're independent, and a charity.

http://www.avma.org.uk/

ETA I just saw luminated's reply. Do look at his thread.

xylophone

Effectively, money will have to be diverted to you when it could do a lot of good to others.

There are those who are so deserving...:D
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4197031

One thing that did spring to mind is that if they can do this then there is the possibility also of gifting money to me if they find that the limit may be breached.

clemmatis

luminated wrote: »

I thought you were outed as a TROLL on another thread?

He has been. But it will take a while to get rid of him (again).

atrixblue.-MFR-.

sobiette wrote: »

You do realise that if you manage to win, any monies paid to you will come straight out of the already depleted NHS budget?
Effectively, money will have to be diverted to you when it could do a lot of good to others.

if you do some research on your claims that the budget will be depleated and treament refused as a result will be illfounded.

clemmatis

People worried about how much these claims cost the NHS can calm down. Soon, only the rich will be able to sue -- assuming that isn't already so.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/mar/29/cost-suing-nhs-too-high

IMO there should be a simple no-fault compensation scheme, but I'm fairly sure that won't happen, because the NHS knows it would cost more.

xylophone

As for my mum & dad's benefit claims, these DO NOT affect monies given to the NHS.

You mean that the NHS is not in one way or another financed by the tax payer?

Maybe, but I have two others running on here + another on the CAG website. I regularly switch off/on my hub thereby changing my
address!

And if you are not a troll why would you bother?