If a medical practitioner, such as a GP, or pharmacist has prescribed, or given you medication that is in some way unsuitable- from the wrong medication, to prescribing an incorrect dosage, and your condition has got worse or you’ve become ill or injured in any way, you may be entitled to pursue a claim for medical negligence compensation, on a NO WIN NO FEE basis, for prescription error claims. Whilst many prescription errors don’t have any serious consequences for the patient, for others it can have catastrophic and even fatal consequences. 

When it comes to prescription error claims, and patients being prescribed the incorrect medication, the responsibility always lies with either the doctor, prescribing pharmacist, or dispensing pharmacist. The main way to prevent prescription errors is for the pharmacist and doctors involved to take proper care and double check the prescription. The way I which a pharmacy is set up is to ensure that this happens, with multiple people having to check and sign off on a prescription before the patients actually gets their medication. 

 

Still, when this does not happen, or when due care is not taken in these steps, is when mistakes and prescription errors are made and go unnoticed. Because of this risk, our medical negligence solicitors would always advise that you take the time to properly check that the name of your medication on both the prescription and the packaging matches up, as well as the dosage if this is given. Our medical negligence solicitors have even won compensation for people who have been given someone else’s prescription, with the wrong name on it- so make sure the name on your prescription matches yours, too. It can also help to mention to the pharmacist, as well as the doctor, of any medication that you are currently taking, just in case they have not properly read over your medical notes to see an incompatibility that might cause a dangerous reaction between two drugs. 

 

It is important to always remember that a prescription error is not your fault, and that it is not just a simple mistake. If you have been the victim of a prescription error, chances are that you are not the only one, and that your experience in representative of an individual who is not taking due care in their role, or of a pharmacy with failing working systems. The best way to address this and prevent anybody else being affected is to make a prescription error claim for medical negligence with our specialist solicitors, on a no win no fee basis. 

 

To learn more about your eligibility to make a no win no fee prescription error claim, simply contact our team online here and speak to a solicitor on a free, no-obligation basis within one working hour. 

This is a question that our medical negligence solicitors in Preston are asked every time we accept a new NO WIN NO FEE medical negligence claim. Every case is different, and the final amount of compensation you are awarded will be based on the severity of the injury and the affect the injury has had on your life. Additionally, you’ll also be able to claim for any lost earnings, any long-term care, rehabilitation and any necessary house adaptations to maximise the chance of recovery and independent living. Whilst every single prescription error claim for medical negligence compensation is different to the one before, our medical negligence solicitors in Preston will always make you one promise- that if your claim is successful, we will ensure that you receive the maximum compensation possible, and we will not advise you to settle, until we are happy with the compensation you are being offered. 

Many people who have suffered medical negligence choose to use MG Legal's medical negligence solicitors in Preston because we use the services of the best medical practitioners, whatever their field of expertise. At MG Legal, your prescription error claim is important to us, and we want to get you the most compensation possible. Our medical negligence solicitors in Preston accept all prescription error claims on a NO WIN NO FEE basis, and have a success rate in excess of 99% for all personal injury and claims for medical negligence, that we accept. Our medical negligence solicitors in Preston demonstrate our own confidence in our ability by offering the NO WIN NO FEE agreement to all clients, as if we do not win, we do not get paid for our work; so, you can rest assured that we will do all that is within our power to settle your claim successfully.