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Lol my mate made a complaint to his trust, they took 5 months to get any response. He finally received one , no kidding it said said go to the NHS ombudsman.
The staffing of these ITUs is usually very dubious. Any one properly sick gets knocked back to the NHS.When I’ve gone for surgery at a private hospital, I always ensured they had an ICU. I overthink everything which isn’t a bad thing sometimes.
I'm only vaguely aware of how common it is, but it made me shudder when I read about a couple of the private hospitals that had deaths because basically they had the facilities, but no suitable staff on site or similar so when patients took a turn for the worse at night it was lower level nursing staff who were the ones on duty.The staffing of these ITUs is usually very dubious. Any one properly sick gets knocked back to the NHS.
If you're at a flagship hospital then I think you're alright.The staffing of these ITUs is usually very dubious. Any one properly sick gets knocked back to the NHS.
Yeah London Bridge and Cleveland look like legit facilities.If you're at a flagship hospital then I think you're alright.
I like London Bridge Hospital - they have been amazing for me every time I have been there for procedures. If anything ever went seriosusly wrong then Guy's is across the road.
Like I say, I overthink everything
On the other hand, plenty of people are dying in A&E anyway now so it's a lottery.
I really don't want to dig into the clinical negligence cases I have seen within my own social circle. The NHS has literally gotten away with murder through negligence in my own experience and probably still does every day.
Struggling to figure out if you're being sarcastic or not. Please explain. Consultants are usually NHS people leading teams with extensive experience and excellent outcomes.Yeah London Bridge and Cleveland look like legit facilities.
No sarcasm, they actually look fully fledged hospitals.Struggling to figure out if you're being sarcastic or not. Please explain. Consultants are usually NHS people leading teams with extensive experience and excellent outcomes.
EDIT: I suppose I should expand on my previous statements.
Mum: given the all-clear and we asked for a full body scan to be sure. Denied, all fine apparently. Dead within a year.
Dennis: Survived throat cancer but had kidney issues. Had a fall and ended up in A&E, died from painkillers that his system couldn’t deal with.
Excuse my cynicism. My sister’s current struggles are only making me despair even more.
Fair enough, apologies for the misunderstandingNo sarcasm, they actually look fully fledged hospitals.
Many private hospitals have very sketchy out of hours cover.
Mum: given the all-clear and we asked for a full body scan to be sure. Denied, all fine apparently. Dead within a year.
Dennis: Survived throat cancer but had kidney issues. Had a fall and ended up in A&E, died from painkillers that his system couldn’t deal with.
Excuse my cynicism. My sister’s current struggles are only making me despair even more.
Honestly, I think we’re past that and don’t want to stir things up with a legal process. What’s the point of causing even more damage to a broken system by sucking more money out of it?Then you need to consult a Solicitor if you believe there has been a Breach of Duty.
You won't have to pay, since they aren't allowed to do No Win No Fee they get around it with a Conditional Fee Agreement
The Solicitor will request a Pre Action Disclosure and pass it on to their experts who will decide if it goes to the next stage which is a Letter of Claim and dealt with by the NHSR and Trust Solicitors.
If poor quality care is occurring then they should be held accountable.Honestly, I think we’re past that and don’t want to stir things up with a legal process. What’s the point of causing even more damage to a broken system by sucking more money out of it?
Wish I’d done more in those two instances. If I’d got a private scan for my mum and walked my mate home on that icy night maybe things would have turned out differently.
If my sister doesn’t get sorted out then I’m definitely getting on to PALS as per previous advice. Making a point of being more proactive this time.
I need to stop ranting in this thread anyway, I’m done here.
Honestly, I think we’re past that and don’t want to stir things up with a legal process. What’s the point of causing even more damage to a broken system by sucking more money out of it?
Can't say I'd be surprised at the level of spurious claims - some people don't seem to understand the concept of personal accountability.Because if we've done wrong then like Goodie says, we should be held accountable.
I see some horrible stuff that deserve compensation, I also witness lots of liars.
At the very least there should be PALS or Complaints so it will go on our DATIX reporting System, this system records all PALS, Complaints, Incidents and Clinical Negligence which means we could search for a person and see what else has happened.
This can go in favour of a patient or the other way
eg
A patient who had a nasty fall in a ward and now putting a claim in, we have 2x Incident reports and medical Records where the patient totally refused to be helped to the toilet.
Payments for clinical negligence in the NHS in England rose by 9.5% in 2022-23 to almost £2.7bn, according to the latest report from NHS Resolution, the body that handles claims.
Can't read the whole thing unfortunately. Stuff like this must be demoralising for those actually working in the NHS.
Fair play - I think I'd find dealing with this sort of stuff thoroughly depressing although no doubt interesting. Maybe write a book when you finally retireKeeps me in a job.
I'm supposed to retire next month but I enjoy my job so much I'm staying on.
I did a bit of googling out of curiosity - this is quite scary: https://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1688
Stuff like this must be demoralising for those actually working in the NHS.
dunno whether one can call them "mistakes" or "negligence" when it's the actual system setting staff up to fail, we're only human after all...