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  • katie4
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    marliepanda wrote: »
    Okay. When you said to the doctor/nurse 'we have already been to the dentist and they advised A&E' what was their response?

    They said they didn't know what we expected them to do for us and just reiterated the fact that they're not dentists when we clearly said this isn't a dental matter though and the dentist had advised him to go to a&e
  • Manxman_in_exile
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    Pennywise wrote: »
    Nothing to stop you donating any compensation you receive to a good cause or charity. If it were me, after family members suffering medical negligence but deciding not to pursue it (and suffering more negligence later!), I'd definitely pursue it in the hope the changes would be made meaning the NHS doesn't harm others.


    If I (or my wife) suffered loss or injury as a result of clinical negligence, I'd definitely be pursuing a claim! I can assure you that better lessons are learned when £££££ rather than apologies are involved.


    I attended a Healthcare Economics seminar some years ago when they looked at, I think, New Zealand(can't remember where exactly - long tome ago). They'd introduced a strict liability/no fault compensation scheme (to avoid litigation) but the level of damages was drastically reduced. Because clinicians could no longer be found to be at fault, standards gradually fell, Whether this is still true I don't know.


    Pennywise - you are an accountant? I've often wondered if limited liability accountancy partnerships are now a little more reckless than they would be if the partners were still personally liable?


    OP - apologies for wandering off topic!
  • Manxman_in_exile
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    I would have thought lockjaw was a medical rather than dental problem?


    Kayie4 - you are waiting on a response from the Redress(?) team. Let us know what they say.
  • Money_maker
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    Tetanus is medical not dental.
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  • katie4
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    Money_maker wrote: »
    Tetanus is medical not dental.

    Trismus not tetanus :rotfl:
  • Carrot007
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    Tough one, there apepar to be issues on both side (from the little you have given).


    Who told you to go away? If it was that bad you should have waited untill seen by a doctor and yes you can insist upon that regardless of what the front desk or triage person thinks. They are not a doctor. Sometimes you have to push your point.


    Why did you go to a different a&e? That just sound odd. Why did you not go back to the first (or why did you choose the first anyway). It always going to be different on a different day. Why did you also wait another day? Did you return to the dentist as advised?


    Yes you have been trated bad and yes it is becuase of both cuts and idiots clogging up a&e with trivial nonsence they do not need to. But it sounds like you decided that they were right and took their advise. If you thought otherwise you would have stayed or gone elsewhere right away. Ity is unfortunate that they have so little resources and need to try to turn away poepl who do not need the service and can sometimes focus on the wrong thing. But if you knew better you did not seem to help.


    (this comes from someone who had a family member who would have died if they had not insisted on seeing a doctor at a&e when the other staff wanted to turn them away).
  • katie4
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    Carrot007 wrote: »
    Tough one, there apepar to be issues on both side (from the little you have given).


    Who told you to go away? If it was that bad you should have waited untill seen by a doctor and yes you can insist upon that regardless of what the front desk or triage person thinks. They are not a doctor. Sometimes you have to push your point.


    Why did you go to a different a&e? That just sound odd. Why did you not go back to the first (or why did you choose the first anyway). It always going to be different on a different day. Why did you also wait another day? Did you return to the dentist as advised?


    Yes you have been trated bad and yes it is becuase of both cuts and idiots clogging up a&e with trivial nonsence they do not need to. But it sounds like you decided that they were right and took their advise. If you thought otherwise you would have stayed or gone elsewhere right away. Ity is unfortunate that they have so little resources and need to try to turn away poepl who do not need the service and can sometimes focus on the wrong thing. But if you knew better you did not seem to help.


    (this comes from someone who had a family member who would have died if they had not insisted on seeing a doctor at a&e when the other staff wanted to turn them away).

    It was the doctor who turned us away, we did insist but he refused to see him as he thought it was a dental issue, we went to the other a&e as they have a specialist maxiofacial clinic which the dentist had recommended they are the ones who were very concerned about my husband
  • Gavin83
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    Manxman_in_exile wrote: »
    If I (or my wife) suffered loss or injury as a result of clinical negligence, I'd definitely be pursuing a claim!

    So would I, except that isn't what happened here.

    Honestly OP, whatever compensation you receive is likely to be very small and frankly not worth the hassle. You'd be better off asking for an apology (although honesty you might not get it) and a reassurance that training/notice is given that such an issue is medical and won't reoccur.
  • katie4
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    Gavin83 wrote: »
    So would I, except that isn't what happened here.

    Honestly OP, whatever compensation you receive is likely to be very small and frankly not worth the hassle. You'd be better off asking for an apology (although honesty you might not get it) and a reassurance that training/notice is given that such an issue is medical and won't reoccur.

    Thanks Gavin however we have not asked for compensation which is why were were confused when they said it is going redress for negligence we just had to let them know about the appauling treatment of my husband
  • Murphybear
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    katie4 wrote: »
    Trismus not tetanus :rotfl:

    Trismus is a symptom of tetanus.

    Both are known as lockjaw.
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