Thanks for your reply.. I can't remember the exact wording (no paperwork in front of me), but believe it's "careless" and "undue" something or another....sorry for being vague.... it was the second and third out of the three choices (was not dangerous though). Yes, he did name himself as the driver.

My partner received a NIP which was returned the first week of March. How long could we expect to wait for further developments? Will we be informed if no prosecution will take place We informed our insurance company (policy in my name, he is named driver) and I've just received renewal insurance policy documentation whereby they have mentioned this as a "Fault" and duly increased the insurance premium, even though nothing yet has developed any further. Any ideas will be gratefully received

yes, and I can only imagine they will say it wouldn't have made any difference so please give us another £6 grand for a fourth try Recording the meetings is another excellent suggestion. Thank you !

Very wise words, thanks ! Taking an independent witness is a fantastic idea I'll offer my services to her, even if it's just to sit there and take notes as well as being her moral support! Yes, following the correct procedure is a must I do agree.....what is the correct procedure though? (I'm honestly not being pedantic here !)

Yes, she's made notes. The one phrase that sticks in my mind is she was told by the Clinic doctor that "it probably didn't make much difference". No-one seems to be able to tell her that it did, or did not, jeapordize her overall chance. But, in my book 'not making much difference' could have been The Difference between it working and not working (if you get my drift)

LOL, no I didn't get the impression you were sticking up for them! Actually you've made a very valid point. If the Clinic has thrown the injection away then that's a perfect opt-out for the pharmaceutical company as nothing would be able to be proved! My worry (and maybe I'm worrying too much) is that she'll go for a face-to-face meeting and just accept what the clinic says. As you say, she is in an emotional turmoil at the moment. I think maybe she should go and see a solicitor just for some advice before putting her foot in it by accepting what the Clinic says. ......do feel free to tell me I'm over-reacting Hillie

She is actually more upset about the advice given to her at 10pm immediately following the broken injection. (I got it a bit wrong in my first post) It wasn't that there were no spare injections it was the advice she was given when she telephoned the "out of hours" emergency number. The person who advised her did so from her own home, without any of my friend's hospital notes and basically told my friend "oh, everything will be alright tonight, contact the hospital/clinic in the morning". So obviously my friend is upset as she had offered to drive to the IVF clinic (50 miles away) or that she would drive anywhere the get another injection. Does that make sense?

Hi...thanks for your speedy reply I've just had a quick word with her and she says she took photos of it and has sent it back to the clinic. The Clinic agreed it was faulty and offered to compensate her for the injection to the amount of £10. I'm not in the medical industry at all, but on a personal note I would suggest that this being her third attempt, I would say she could be classed as being "experienced" at self injecting . Although I'm sure this can be easily disproved if you compared her to a nurse giving vaccine injections 8 hours a day every day . Having been offered £10 compensation for a faulty injection when the whole IVF program cost her over £6,000 seems a bit unfair tho... She's contacted the clinic and has asked for a "face to face" meeting and is waiting for a reply tomorrow. I just don't want her going to a meeting without being armed, so to speak!

Hello everyone....my first post here I do hope someone can help.....here we go..... My friend and colleague has just experienced her third failed IVF attempt. All three were privately funded as she is over 40 and not entitled to any free NHS IVF treatments. On this last, third, IVF attempt ~ the last injection which was to be taken at 10 pm on a Monday was faulty causing the liquid to escape and although my friend had the contact details for the "emergency" team, no spare injections were available to her at that time of night. Obviously she is completely devastated and wonders whether the lack of the final injection had a causal link to the IVF failing. The hospital, clinic, nurses, doctors have never been in this situation to be able to advise her. (They are saying that they've never encountered a faulty injection before). I've come on here to see whether she would be entitled to any legal advice and what "legal heading" this would fall under? Would it be personal injury??? would it be worth trying to prove the injection was faulty and take on the pharmaceutical giant; or would it be possible to see if the NHS would pay for any further treatment, or compensate her for the fact that this may well have caused the treatment to fail? All advice will be very gratefully received THANKS Hillie