Frimley Park NHS: Girl secures £39m after hospital meningitis error

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Frimley Park NHS: Girl secures £39m after hospital meningitis error- PublishedA girl whose limbs were amputated after she was wrongly discharged from hospital has had a £39m settlement approved in the High Court.She went to Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey with "red flags for meningitis and sepsis" but was given paracetamol and discharged, her lawyers said.The young girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had above-knee amputations of both legs and above-elbow amputations of her arms.The High Court heard Neil Dardis, chief executive of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, had apologised in a letter to the parents and said her care "fell below the standard (the girl) was entitled to expect" and she should not have been discharged.'Proper care'Judge Caspar Glyn KC said he would "unhesitatingly" approve the settlement, to be paid partly in a lump sum and the remainder in annual payments for the rest of her life."

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