Medical Negligence

Healthcare professionals have the responsibility to care for their patients and carry out procedures with the highest standards. Many of us have been in a different situation however, having received less than favourable treatment from public or private health facilities. It may come as surprise to you that this is sadly quite common, with an unbelievable number of medical negligence accidents happening every year in the UK, regardless of wealth and location.

Types of medical/clinical negligence

Some of the serious clinical errors that have been reported are cancer misdiagnosis, laser eye surgery mishaps, awareness during anaesthesia, inadequate sterilisation, acquiring MRSA and other infections, severe preventable scarring, hysterectomy difficulties, cosmetic surgery flaws, incorrect drug prescriptions, birth injuries and regrettably a significant figure of fatalities. All of these and other problems inevitably lead to the need for having further surgery to correct the problem, putting the patient under more, unnecessary, strain. It also extends the previously estimated recovery time; sometimes even causing permanent disability in critical cases.

Claiming for medical/clinical negligence

At some point in our lives we will all have to put ourselves under the care of medical professionals and trust them to give us the best level of treatment possible and make us feel comfortable in a stressful situation. It can be a daunting prospect, and the last thing you need is for something to go wrong. If, due to incompetence, you have become a casualty of clinical negligence or medical negligence, you can claim against the individual or personnel responsible for it. In addition, should they argue that it was a genuine accident, we can help you by testifying that a competent doctor would not have made the same mistake; and had they given you proper care the accident would not have occurred.

Compensation for medical/clinical negligence

The compensation you receive can provide for financial ardency caused by the situation, including medical expenses and loss of income; and of course psychological issues that may develop as a consequence of the grief you have endured. As with other types of serious claims, clinical negligence claims can be long and complicated. Whether you are making a claim for yourself or on behalf of a loved one who is not able to contest for themselves, or has passed away as a result of medical negligence – through the NHS or a Private Health Service - our team of specialists are prepared to deal with your case.