Right set the scene first. I'm agency staff for an outsourcing company. End of July I had a day off due too stomach bug then a couple of hours to go to A&E because my 13 week old son haf an allergic reaction to som formula milk. The the following week (Tuesday) had a problem with my ankle. It started, I thought, when I stepped awkwardly on it in the work carpark. In the 15 minutes it took to have a shower and get to my desk it got very painful and swollen. So I found a first aider and filled in the accident book at work. First aider said I should go to A&E to have it looked at. I said I'd need to ask my line manager as there was only two out of the 6 person team in. He said no there's not enough availability and because of my two occasions of absence the previous week he couldn't guarantee that I would have my job still. So in a LOT of pain I stayed. Got a lift home and went to bed dosed up on painkillers. It got worse overnight but due to my job being at risk I went to work. The swelling had spread from just my ankle to the top of my shins and calf. I made it to midday then decided enough wad enough and my job wasn't worth it. So went to A&E. By the time I'd been seen I had started to get blisters on my shin. It turns out I had cellulitis in my ankle and it was spreading. I spent 5 days in hospital being pumped full of several different antibiotics. I've been told I could claim back lost earnings as well as lodge a formal complaint in regards to my line manager. How do I go about doing either of these? What repercussions could there be? My current job isn't so important as the outsourcing company have lost the contract I work on so I'm unemployed as of the 2nd september.