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Hi all,
For those who ever read my first post about how a senior midwife had overdosed me with 100units of insulin as opposed to 10 this is just a little follow up.
when it happened I was a Legal Secretary and my then firm advised me to sue the Trust for loss of earnings and distress.
I was 20 weeks pregnant when it happened and I was signed off work straight away as basically I was a nervous wreck after it happened.
by the time I was ready to think about it, I had been made redundant as the firm no longer existed.
So I telephoned a few places to see if they would help me with my claim.
They all said was a small claim so couldn't really help.
Then a Solicitor from a local Firm advised me to bring the claim myself as I was articulate enough to do so and he didn't think I would get anymore than £300 - £500. Of which half would go to him.
So for last 6 months I have been communicating with the NHS Trust big lawyers, fighting my own corner, doing all my own research about how they let me down and what codes were broken etc etc.
last week they wrote to me and offered to settle for £1,000.
yes, to most people its not a massive amount, but to me, its fantastic.
this was never about big money, it was about them realising how badly their medical error had affected me.
I just wanted to share as I feel so proud of what I achieved when lawyers told me I didn't stand a chance of getting anything.
I feel like Erin Brocko whats-her-name lol!!!
And hopefully because of the changes the Trust made after what happened to me, no other mum to be will ever find herself in HDU because midwives dont know how to do basic things like draw insulin into a vial.
Shelley x
For those who ever read my first post about how a senior midwife had overdosed me with 100units of insulin as opposed to 10 this is just a little follow up.
when it happened I was a Legal Secretary and my then firm advised me to sue the Trust for loss of earnings and distress.
I was 20 weeks pregnant when it happened and I was signed off work straight away as basically I was a nervous wreck after it happened.
by the time I was ready to think about it, I had been made redundant as the firm no longer existed.
So I telephoned a few places to see if they would help me with my claim.
They all said was a small claim so couldn't really help.
Then a Solicitor from a local Firm advised me to bring the claim myself as I was articulate enough to do so and he didn't think I would get anymore than £300 - £500. Of which half would go to him.
So for last 6 months I have been communicating with the NHS Trust big lawyers, fighting my own corner, doing all my own research about how they let me down and what codes were broken etc etc.
last week they wrote to me and offered to settle for £1,000.
yes, to most people its not a massive amount, but to me, its fantastic.
this was never about big money, it was about them realising how badly their medical error had affected me.
I just wanted to share as I feel so proud of what I achieved when lawyers told me I didn't stand a chance of getting anything.
I feel like Erin Brocko whats-her-name lol!!!
And hopefully because of the changes the Trust made after what happened to me, no other mum to be will ever find herself in HDU because midwives dont know how to do basic things like draw insulin into a vial.
Shelley x