Cancer sufferer to sue hospital over quality of care (From Daily Echo)

Sad story, what a brave young woman. Lets hope she can spend as much time with her family as she can.

Such a sad story.....I would like to wish Briane good luck and all the best to her family at this difficult time...

Brave girl who I can only admire and pray for. Please no more costly NHS mistakes.

1, Not making this personal, i have sympathy to the victim.
However has this girl realised she is not suing the NHS, she is just creating another cost for the taxpayer, if there was no FREE HEALTH SERVICE, what would she have done? Died already? Would her parents have sold everything to get private treatment? The NHS day's are numbered as it is, in ten years will we all be suing the government of the day for providing NO healthcare?

peenut81 wrote:
1, Not making this personal, i have sympathy to the victim. However has this girl realised she is not suing the NHS, she is just creating another cost for the taxpayer, if there was no FREE HEALTH SERVICE, what would she have done? Died already? Would her parents have sold everything to get private treatment? The NHS day's are numbered as it is, in ten years will we all be suing the government of the day for providing NO healthcare?

Never attribute to "not making this personal" that which can be adequately explained by stupidity...

A tragic story and heads should roll but money won't make it better.

Walter K wrote:

peenut81 wrote:
1, Not making this personal, i have sympathy to the victim. However has this girl realised she is not suing the NHS, she is just creating another cost for the taxpayer, if there was no FREE HEALTH SERVICE, what would she have done? Died already? Would her parents have sold everything to get private treatment? The NHS day's are numbered as it is, in ten years will we all be suing the government of the day for providing NO healthcare?

Never attribute to "not making this personal" that which can be adequately explained by stupidity...

could'nt agree more Walter!!

you're a brave young lady, I'm so very sorry this has happened to you :( :( I hope your trip was fantastic and hope that your remaining time with your family is wonderful.

Feeling very humble and lucky after reading this x

freemantlegirl2 wrote:

Walter K wrote:

peenut81 wrote:
1, Not making this personal, i have sympathy to the victim. However has this girl realised she is not suing the NHS, she is just creating another cost for the taxpayer, if there was no FREE HEALTH SERVICE, what would she have done? Died already? Would her parents have sold everything to get private treatment? The NHS day's are numbered as it is, in ten years will we all be suing the government of the day for providing NO healthcare?

Never attribute to "not making this personal" that which can be adequately explained by stupidity...

could'nt agree more Walter!!

you're a brave young lady, I'm so very sorry this has happened to you :( :( I hope your trip was fantastic and hope that your remaining time with your family is wonderful.

Feeling very humble and lucky after reading this x

Agreed FM2 but one can not stop to ask why the mistakes could this be the result of 23 years off cut backs the NHS and no long able to function they way the NHS should just in the name to privatise health care.

I feel so very sorry for this young woman, I cannot imagine what she is going through. From a personal experience with Southampton General Hospital I can say that although I was fortunate to have a great Surgeon operate on me, the diagnosis took 2 days of me howling in pain before they did anything and the nurses were complete cows, not all of them but the majority were, they never showed me an ounce of kindness after my op and even forgot to give me life saving antibiotics, absolutely disgusting they want a kick up the backsides... Nurses more like monsters....

A tragedy is about to happen and a young woman is soon to lose her life. I understand fully how she must feel about mis-diagnosis as I and my brother suffered the same with our mother - but does she "really" want to spend her last remaining weeks/months/years fighting for compensation, rather than putting her energy into enjoying her family while she can?

I am quite sure her beautiful little niece would rather remember time spent with her loving Aunt, than snatched visits between an Aunt who has something else going on in her sadly short life ....

I can only say I wish her all the best in whatever she decides to do.

Everybody seems to be blaming the symptoms but not the cause. It happened because New Labour and the Conservatives see only a "business" to be run for private profit and NOT as a National Health Service. Don't blame the hospital - blame the vested interests.

Oh look, another story gets hijacked for political ramblings.

fully sympathise after a string of similar experiences at that place , they really don,t care at all , i fully understand this brave young woman.

I work with young people on the Waterside and there are far too many developing cancer at present. Now I'm not going to point the finger at a certain oil refinery or waste recyling depot, but why is there such a concentration of people aged 14-24 developing cancer in the local area?

When it was first set up, the NHS was affordable. We had doctors, nurses, and hospitals, and some basic equipment. Now we have scanners and all manner of advanced equipment and medication, which all has to be payed for, including the training for its use.

If anyone is to blame, it is the general public who want something for nothing all the time. And we vote in governments who make foolish attempts at giving us that. Until we realise that we must contribute so much more money to national interests like the NHS, we will see more and more people like Brianne.

Deepest sympathy to Brianne and her family at a most difficult time.

southy wrote:

freemantlegirl2 wrote:

Walter K wrote:

peenut81 wrote:
1, Not making this personal, i have sympathy to the victim. However has this girl realised she is not suing the NHS, she is just creating another cost for the taxpayer, if there was no FREE HEALTH SERVICE, what would she have done? Died already? Would her parents have sold everything to get private treatment? The NHS day's are numbered as it is, in ten years will we all be suing the government of the day for providing NO healthcare?

Never attribute to "not making this personal" that which can be adequately explained by stupidity...

could'nt agree more Walter!!

you're a brave young lady, I'm so very sorry this has happened to you :( :( I hope your trip was fantastic and hope that your remaining time with your family is wonderful.

Feeling very humble and lucky after reading this x

Agreed FM2 but one can not stop to ask why the mistakes could this be the result of 23 years off cut backs the NHS and no long able to function they way the NHS should just in the name to privatise health care.

I think we'll just have to assume that you wish the young lady & her family all the best won't we?

peenut81 wrote:
1, Not making this personal, i have sympathy to the victim.
However has this girl realised she is not suing the NHS, she is just creating another cost for the taxpayer, if there was no FREE HEALTH SERVICE, what would she have done? Died already? Would her parents have sold everything to get private treatment? The NHS day's are numbered as it is, in ten years will we all be suing the government of the day for providing NO healthcare?

God I have heard some drivel on
this comment page before, but
yours must win the Nobel Prize for
literature.

With cancer it's extremely hard to say whether 'if they caught it in time' actually applies. Sadly they'll never know. I hope they don't sue because it really won't benefit anyone.

BillyTheKid wrote:
When it was first set up, the NHS was affordable. We had doctors, nurses, and hospitals, and some basic equipment. Now we have scanners and all manner of advanced equipment and medication, which all has to be payed for, including the training for its use. If anyone is to blame, it is the general public who want something for nothing all the time. And we vote in governments who make foolish attempts at giving us that. Until we realise that we must contribute so much more money to national interests like the NHS, we will see more and more people like Brianne. Deepest sympathy to Brianne and her family at a most difficult time.

We should cut back on other things & plough more into the NHS, but at the same time cut back on the horrific waste in the syste. Health is everything, if you dont have good health, you have nothing.

I really feel sorry for her. There is a real lack of care from GP's these days. Even I have had problems with them over my health, they see your young and just dont take your symptons seriously enough. Something ought to be done about it and I havent got a problem if my tax money goes towards compensating for you at all.

This is a clear failing of the NHS. Some tests are never done when requested and more tests can be done but are restricted by finances. The current NHS isn't about health care but is run like a business and doesn't really give a dam about patient care in the eyes of the fat cats in upper management and government. With the implementation of foundation trusts more emphesis is on money and not on care. However on the other side of the coin there are people who know how to abuse the system and these people should pay directly for the resources they use.

It might be better to wait for the court findings before making comments based on assumptions.

'Stupideditor' how can you say that this is a clear failing of the NHS when you don't know the facts. Ten years ago I had breast cancer and I can't sign the praises of the General Hospital enought. Once they discovered abnormalities I was in and out of the hospital for a weeks having various tests. I think it fair to say that some cancers are easier to treat than others and unfortunately skin/mole cancers are more often than not very advanced and have spread deeper before any change is noticed. Very unfair to blame the hospital, we are lucky to have a free Health Service, my friends in Australia have to pay extortionate amounts of money to see a Doctor, visit the Dentist or go to Hospital.

'Stupieditor', HOW has the NHS 'failed'? If it wasn't for the NHS she wouldn't be with us now!

You need to know all the facts before you start making accusations.

They saved my mother from cancer, so I, for one am extremely grateful!

'Stupieditor', HOW has the NHS 'failed'? If it wasn't for the NHS she wouldn't be with us now!

You need to know all the facts before you start making accusations.

They saved my mother from cancer, so I, for one am extremely grateful!

The problem with cancer is that, it needs to be diagnosed early, to 'kill' it. Sometimes the symptoms don't show until it's too late. I fear that this young lady doesn't stand a chance of suing them, as they couldn't have saved her from it.

Who to sue?
when she had the mole removed did they check her out & make sure they got it?
was that the start?
did no alarm bells ring in her doctors?
who lost the blood samples? why was she asked to give more straight away?
This is a catalogue of errors it has nothing to do with cut backs but it seems to have much to do with not diagnosing the cancer sooner.
could this lady have been cured if those blood samples weren't lost?
if they're saying if they caught it sooner they could have treated it then the cutting out of the mole should have had an in depth examination to make sure it hadn't spread so that's the person(s) to sue then look at the blood dept.
I hope this Lady has a great time with the rest of her life & wish her to enjoy the time she has left

There are 2 sides to every story and for people to queue up on here to criticise the N.H.S purely on the basis of what they have read in this article is short sighted to say the least,it may come as a surprise to some but doctors are not magicians or fortune tellers but human beings that use their skills as best as they can to identify and cure our ills, you can't always get your car fixed so why do people expect a doctor to fix something as complex as the human body. Yes its a shame she is dying but she has had 20 years and a lot die younger, nobody wants to die but thats life and suing the N.H.S is only taking funds away from other patients. I am not saying that mistakes have not been made i don't know, what i do know is that the majority of people receive good care from the N.H.S but you never hear about them because they are happy, its only the ones who are not happy that bother to make comments so a few more comments from the happy ones and a few less from those that are less than appreciative of our N.H.S would go a long way to boost the moral of N.H.S workers.

ohec wrote:
There are 2 sides to every story and for people to queue up on here to criticise the N.H.S purely on the basis of what they have read in this article is short sighted to say the least,it may come as a surprise to some but doctors are not magicians or fortune tellers but human beings that use their skills as best as they can to identify and cure our ills, you can't always get your car fixed so why do people expect a doctor to fix something as complex as the human body. Yes its a shame she is dying but she has had 20 years and a lot die younger, nobody wants to die but thats life and suing the N.H.S is only taking funds away from other patients. I am not saying that mistakes have not been made i don't know, what i do know is that the majority of people receive good care from the N.H.S but you never hear about them because they are happy, its only the ones who are not happy that bother to make comments so a few more comments from the happy ones and a few less from those that are less than appreciative of our N.H.S would go a long way to boost the moral of N.H.S workers.

good post also any money obtained from NHS is probably half of what the greedy solicitors will take

derek james wrote:

ohec wrote:
There are 2 sides to every story and for people to queue up on here to criticise the N.H.S purely on the basis of what they have read in this article is short sighted to say the least,it may come as a surprise to some but doctors are not magicians or fortune tellers but human beings that use their skills as best as they can to identify and cure our ills, you can't always get your car fixed so why do people expect a doctor to fix something as complex as the human body. Yes its a shame she is dying but she has had 20 years and a lot die younger, nobody wants to die but thats life and suing the N.H.S is only taking funds away from other patients. I am not saying that mistakes have not been made i don't know, what i do know is that the majority of people receive good care from the N.H.S but you never hear about them because they are happy, its only the ones who are not happy that bother to make comments so a few more comments from the happy ones and a few less from those that are less than appreciative of our N.H.S would go a long way to boost the moral of N.H.S workers.

good post also any money obtained from NHS is probably half of what the greedy solicitors will take

I totally agree with Derek James. Myself, my father and my mother are all cancer survivors thanks to the NHS. If everyone who is dying from cancer sues the NHS then there would be no NHS!

rabbitlady wrote:
'Stupideditor' how can you say that this is a clear failing of the NHS when you don't know the facts. Ten years ago I had breast cancer and I can't sign the praises of the General Hospital enought. Once they discovered abnormalities I was in and out of the hospital for a weeks having various tests. I think it fair to say that some cancers are easier to treat than others and unfortunately skin/mole cancers are more often than not very advanced and have spread deeper before any change is noticed. Very unfair to blame the hospital, we are lucky to have a free Health Service, my friends in Australia have to pay extortionate amounts of money to see a Doctor, visit the Dentist or go to Hospital.

Rabbit, you are so right. I have had to use the services of SGH and they did save my life. I can't praise the people of the Hospital enough. Sadly in these reported cases, we have not had ALL of the story, only the one told to the DE. This lady can sue the Hospital and then we can judge all concerned once the case is decided. I hope the Lady is here to see the result.

rabbitlady wrote:

derek james wrote:

ohec wrote:
There are 2 sides to every story and for people to queue up on here to criticise the N.H.S purely on the basis of what they have read in this article is short sighted to say the least,it may come as a surprise to some but doctors are not magicians or fortune tellers but human beings that use their skills as best as they can to identify and cure our ills, you can't always get your car fixed so why do people expect a doctor to fix something as complex as the human body. Yes its a shame she is dying but she has had 20 years and a lot die younger, nobody wants to die but thats life and suing the N.H.S is only taking funds away from other patients. I am not saying that mistakes have not been made i don't know, what i do know is that the majority of people receive good care from the N.H.S but you never hear about them because they are happy, its only the ones who are not happy that bother to make comments so a few more comments from the happy ones and a few less from those that are less than appreciative of our N.H.S would go a long way to boost the moral of N.H.S workers.

good post also any money obtained from NHS is probably half of what the greedy solicitors will take

I totally agree with Derek James. Myself, my father and my mother are all cancer survivors thanks to the NHS. If everyone who is dying from cancer sues the NHS then there would be no NHS!

Rabbit, I'm going to have to stop doing this, but you are so right, again. As in my previous post there are two sides to a story and we are the most complicated machine in the World. How easy is it to diagnose our faults and fix them? I hope something changes to save this Lady, but blaming the NHS is counter productive.

loosehead wrote:
Who to sue?
when she had the mole removed did they check her out & make sure they got it?
was that the start?
did no alarm bells ring in her doctors?
who lost the blood samples? why was she asked to give more straight away?
This is a catalogue of errors it has nothing to do with cut backs but it seems to have much to do with not diagnosing the cancer sooner.
could this lady have been cured if those blood samples weren't lost?
if they're saying if they caught it sooner they could have treated it then the cutting out of the mole should have had an in depth examination to make sure it hadn't spread so that's the person(s) to sue then look at the blood dept.
I hope this Lady has a great time with the rest of her life & wish her to enjoy the time she has left

Blood samples are taken by private mail carrier to a private lab for testing, and as every thing to do with cut backs, this is not the first time it as happened. The NHS should be able to do all this sort off stuff on location and be able to have results in hours and not days.
Cut backs so a bit more is pass on to private hands.
Agree on the best that the young lady can do with her life.

The unfortunate truth is that medicine is not the exact science that the public think it is. Yes, given limitless resources we could test everyone for everything on a weekly basis, but that's neither practical or affordable. Instead, doctors have to make risk-based judgements - and sadly they will sometimes be wrong.

That's not to say that failings shouldn't be highlighted in order to seek improvement. But with millions of people being diagnosed and treated every day, things will inevitably go wrong sometimes.

southy wrote:

loosehead wrote:
Who to sue?
when she had the mole removed did they check her out & make sure they got it?
was that the start?
did no alarm bells ring in her doctors?
who lost the blood samples? why was she asked to give more straight away?
This is a catalogue of errors it has nothing to do with cut backs but it seems to have much to do with not diagnosing the cancer sooner.
could this lady have been cured if those blood samples weren't lost?
if they're saying if they caught it sooner they could have treated it then the cutting out of the mole should have had an in depth examination to make sure it hadn't spread so that's the person(s) to sue then look at the blood dept.
I hope this Lady has a great time with the rest of her life & wish her to enjoy the time she has left

Blood samples are taken by private mail carrier to a private lab for testing, and as every thing to do with cut backs, this is not the first time it as happened. The NHS should be able to do all this sort off stuff on location and be able to have results in hours and not days.
Cut backs so a bit more is pass on to private hands.
Agree on the best that the young lady can do with her life.

To my knowledge the NHS still do their own blood testing. A Dear friend of mine is part of the Team at Southampton General, studied for many years too. That is unless they are just being paid to label them up for sending to an external source and telling porkies to me.

cantthinkofone wrote:
The unfortunate truth is that medicine is not the exact science that the public think it is. Yes, given limitless resources we could test everyone for everything on a weekly basis, but that's neither practical or affordable. Instead, doctors have to make risk-based judgements - and sadly they will sometimes be wrong.

That's not to say that failings shouldn't be highlighted in order to seek improvement. But with millions of people being diagnosed and treated every day, things will inevitably go wrong sometimes.

I've had several blood tests done at Southampton General.