Legal advice please (uk)?

to cut it short last week i was in hospital and my treatment was appauling.i gave birth and when i was put onto the ward it was dirty and very cold. i was told i would be discharged after 6 hours but they said i could discharge myself but they would with hold baby even though we were both perfectly healthy. they said she coudl not go until seen by a paediatrician. i was hysterical as you can imagine. my husband was almost ejected from the premesis even though he was not abusive just matter of fact with the staff.nxt wk someone from the hospital is doing a home visit and we dont know why. im on edge and still get nevery after the experience we endured. did they have the right to threaten to hold my baby and could i take action against the hospital for the stress i have felt since having my baby this should be a happy time for us all but i cant forget that night in hospital.......Legal advice please (uk)?
That was so awful. I have to tell you before you do so complaining will get you no where. They'll just coverit up. I have had a similar experience but that was clinical negligence and I nearly died. I'm now taking legal action as the complaints procedure was a farce.





If you wish to try it any way have you heard of the Community Health Council? They are patient advocates that deal in heah complaints. You should be able to find one in the phone book. Also,there is nothing stopping you asking a solicitor for advice,most give you an half hour for free to seek advice over your options. To have evicted your husband they have to prove the grounds they done this not just say for r but or this reason. I'd seek advice and try to get the appology that I think you sound like you deserve. I wish you the bestof luck and enjoy your new baby.Legal advice please (uk)?
I'm sorry to hear about your mum. You take every avenue you can get your hands on to get Justice and stop them doing this to anyone else. The last thing you need with a new baby is unnecessary worries and battles. And thank you for choosing my answer and thanks for the good luck. Go get em!

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First, you should try to settle this with your insurance, they can help you with both legal and moral advice.





Then, you have this:





http://www.homebirth.org.uk/law.htm





http://www.1stclaims.co.uk/articles/medi鈥?/a>
Its normal for a nurse to visit, sounds like u had some horrible treatment from the hospital seek legal advice
Seek legal advice. When we had our baby I was shocked, it really felt like a 3rd world hospital in Africa, there was a patch of blood on the floor for 3 days. We pay a fortune and deserve better. Ps dont worry, home visit is normal. Just agree with them, then do what YOU think is best.
Due to the stress that has been caused by the actions of the hospital staff you could bring an action for nervous shock. However, in order to do so you would have to show a clearly identifiable psychiatric condition as a direct consequence of their acts or omissions. The fact that you have been angered or inconvenienced would not be sufficient!





Actions also lie in the tort of negligence but you would have to show some kind of ';damage'; and it appears from the facts given this is not possible either.





You may, apart from making some kind of formal complaint, have to accept that it is one of those events in life for which no legal remedy is available.
Its common practice for a nurse to visit you after the baby is born, just to see how your getting on. Don't worry!
Don't worry about your health visitor they can be very helpful and understanding.





If you want to take your complaint further the first thing you should do is put it in writing to the Chief Executive of your Health Authority, he then has to ask for statements from the staff involved in your treatment and write back to you with his findings. If you are still not happy send copies of your written complaint and the reply from the Chief Exec to your MP.





Good Luck
well it sounds like you had a very traumatic experience. Is this your first baby? Well, they do recommend that baby is seen by a pediatrician before it goes home....just to rule out any problems....(imagine if they discharged mother and baby without baby being checked over properly, then something happened to the baby at home, they would get sued for negligence) it's very important that baby gets checked, and I don't understand why you were in such a rush to leave, I understand the environment wasn't great, but it's better for baby to be checked before you go anywhere.





As you probably know, the labour wards in UK are seriously understaffed, and I had a c-section in March, my story was the opposite, they were so busy, they only kept me in for one night and had to discharge me and baby before she was checked my the pediatrician, because he was so busy! I was worried sick that I had to take her home before she was checked over....anyway....sometimes, if they're especially busy, they'll do the checks on a home visit.





But you will always have a midwife come and visit you at home almost everyday for the first 2 weeks after baby is born....that is normal and happens to everyone. Also, the health visitor from the hospital will visit once or twice.





I'm not sure if you can take action against the hospital, but you should be thankful that they were so thorough in wanting to check your baby over.