Incorrect Prescriptions or Administration of Drugs

In the UK every year millions of people are treated by an array of medical professionals such as doctors, dentists, nurses and many more. This is both done privately and through the NHS and in most cases this care is performed to the highest quality but sadly mistakes do happen and the duty of care slips below the correct standards.

A small percentage of people who are treated each year by these medical professionals suffer because of accidents through injuries that are caused by medical devices or due to wrong decisions being made about the form of treatment that you should receive. One example of this is being prescribed the wrong drugs or being given the incorrect dosage of drugs.

Anyone who has been treated in hospital for a medical condition knows that it can be a stressful time; this stress is heightened if medical negligence occurs and nearly every person admitted to hospital is given medicine in some form. The administering of said medicine can sadly often end up including medical error, putting the patient in danger.

Some example of cases when prescriptions have ended up with mistakes is if a doctor incorrectly writes up the dose of a drug, leading to an overdose or an under dose. In both of these cases a patient’s health is severely put at risk and comes with a risk of serious injury or even death.

Another aspect where prescriptions can contain mistakes is if a patient is prescribed a drug that they are actually allergic to you. This can sadly happen if mistakes occur in patient’s notes when they are being passed down between medical professionals. Also your GP can sometimes prescribe medication repeatedly for many years without considering whether a repeat prescription is actually suitable for the patient, sometimes leading to physical injury from chronic overdose or addiction to certain medications.

Mistakes within the administering of prescriptions aren’t just merely limited to hospitals or you’re GP; they can also happen at the chemist which dispenses your medication. If a doctor has made an error when spelling the name of a certain drug or they have not wrote it clearly then a chemist could easily dispense the wrong drug, which could lead to a patient not receiving the correct treatment for their condition which may then get worse or they could receive a drug to which they have an adverse reaction.

When it comes to the medicine/drugs that you receive as treatment there are certain ways in which these drugs should be administered. Most have a certain way in which they should be given such as orally or intravenously. There have been numerous personal injury cases that have come about as a result of incorrect administering and the most serious instances are when injections have mistakenly been made into the spine instead of a vein.

If you have suffered in the last three years due to being given the wrong prescription then you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation. Here at Accident Consult we are personal injury specialists. We have already helped thousands of people to gain the compensation that you deserve after being given the wrong medicine or the wrong dose of a drug.

Call us today on 08081 68 69 70 and speak to one of our advisors about what to do next.