Dispensing Errors Negligence Claims
What are we talking about with Dispensing Errors Negligence Claims, exactly?
Receiving the wrong medication at the pharmacy is more than merely inconvenient. The prescription should take into account various factors, including a patient’s weight and size, physical health, and known allergies so a mistake can make you incredibly ill and, in some instances, even threaten your life.
What is Dispensing Errors Negligence?
Pharmacies have strict processes to ensure all prescriptions are filled correctly, however sometimes dispensing errors are made which can have dire consequences. Prescription negligence can be caused either by the practitioner who wrote the prescription, or the dispenser who filled it. Examples can include:
A pharmacist issuing the wrong brand of medication. If supplementing another brand, the pharmacist in charge should verify the ingredients are the same and check with the patient before issuing.
- Dispensing a different strength of medication to the stated amount. Overly strong medicine can cause illness and side-effects through overdosage, while medicine of insufficient power can lead to a person’s conditioning worsening.
- Combining some medications can have an adverse effect. The prescribing practitioner should always check you are not already taking any medication from a different source (for example, if your dentist prescribes painkillers for pain after dental treatment, but it will combine poorly with a medication you are already taking for a separate condition).
- Not taking existing conditions, such as pregnancy or heart disease, into account when prescribing.
- Allowing a repeat prescription to continue for too long without a check-up from the prescribing practitioner.
How Can We Help?
It is not merely enough to fall ill from taking medicine. In short, a claim needs to prove there was negligence. Accordingly, that’s where the help of professional clinical error solicitors, like The Medical Negligence Experts, comes in.
We can investigate your case and collate the evidence you need for your claim to be successful. We will look at the stage of each error, include among them:
- who makes the prescribing error;
- who dispenses it, and;
- what information they have access to (such as known allergies, or other medications you are taking) to identify where the error occurs.
Finally, we will gather evidence from independent experts to prove that you have suffered as a result.
The law calculates prescription error compensation to cover any expenses you incur as a direct result. For instance, it will account for losing pay due to time off work. It doesn’t matter whether a private or an NHS practitioner writes the prescription, or how large the company making the error is. Either way, you deserve adequate recompense if you have been a victim of a dispensing error.
Medical negligence cases should begin within three years of the mistake, or identification of the illness or condition as being the result of the error. If a patient is under the age of 18 when the error occurs, they have until the day before their 21st birthday to lodge the claim.
Obtaining the maximum compensation for a medication errors claim is not a quick process. However, The Medical Negligence Experts will keep you up to speed on the progress of your case. We will advise you upfront whether we believe you have a good chance of success in claiming compensation. To that end, we know it is not in your best interests financially or emotionally to pursue an un-winnable case.
Our experienced solicitors are experts in securing compensation no matter the level of negligence.
We are committed to securing the best possible outcome for you, while providing friendly support every step of the way.
Personal Dedicated Solicitors
On contact, you will be allocated your own expert Medical Negligence solicitor who will be there every step of the way. You will be provided with a direct phone number and direct email address of your solicitor.
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We specialise in helping victims of medical negligence claim the compensation they deserve.
We work on a No Win No Fee basis, meaning if we don’t win your Dispensing Errors Negligence case, you don’t pay! Once you make contact, your experienced solicitor will work to recover the maximum compensation you are entitled to.