When you contact us to claim compensation for medical negligence, we’ll assess your claim to determine whether it has a good chance of succeeding. For all medical negligence claims, it’s necessary to prove that some medical negligence or breach of duty has occurred, and that the negligence or breach of duty has caused damage and loss.
In some cases, the issues and facts of a medical negligence claim may be clear. If this is the case, it may be possible to assess whether or not it’s appropriate to obtain funding and to begin investigating the case straight away.
For free legal advice get in touch with our Medical Negligence Solicitors. We may be able to deal with your claim on a No Win, No Fee basis – ask us for details.
We're rated‘Excellent’In order to pursue a medical negligence claim, it’s necessary to put some funding in place to assist you with the likely legal costs, this funding can be:
Your Medical Negligence Solicitor will then need to access copies of all relevant medical records before obtaining appropriate expert medical evidence to consider whether
In some medical negligence cases, we only have to instruct one medical expert, but in others, we have to instruct more than one, especially if the medical condition is complex or the medical negligence claim is difficult. For instance, more than one medical expert may need to be involved if negligent treatment took place in A&E and the injury was orthopaedic in nature. Potentially both an A&E expert and an orthopaedic consultant might need to provide expert medical reports.
The medical opinion put forward by the expert/s will be crucial in enabling your Medical Negligence Solicitor to assess whether or not a medical negligence claim can proceed further.
There are two components to medical negligence compensation:
In many medical negligence cases, the special damages are a substantial part of the overall compensation award, particularly if care and loss of earnings are included. These will reflect both the costs you’ve already accrued and those you are expected to accrue in the future.
If you’ve suffered a catastrophic injury, we’ll also consider your wider needs in the future, such as housing and rehabilitation such as occupational therapy.
In medical negligence cases where your complaint or medical negligence claim isn’t particularly clear cut, you should first access the relevant NHS Complaints procedure. This may resolve any concerns you’ve got, and if it doesn’t, should result in a reasoned response. This could in turn help to assess whether legal action would then be appropriate. If you register a grievance through the NHS Complaints procedure, you have the right to:
You should complain to the healthcare provider responsible for treating you within 12 months of the date of the incident or the date you became aware that there was a problem. Once you have received the outcome of your complaint, the next step would be to seek independent legal advice, with a view to making a medical negligence claim.
Cerebral Palsy compensation for a child can cover the cost of any specialist support, treatment and equipment they may need, such as a suitable place to live, a case manager, caring costs and physiotherapy.
This is usually one of the first questions that a prospective Client will ask their Solicitor when we start working on their case. Although we can’t offer a definite answer to this question at the outset of your claim, we can give guidance based on our prior experience.
Your medical records can help our Medical Negligence Solicitors work out if you’ve been given substandard treatment, how badly you’ve been injured and if what’s happened has made an existing health condition worse.
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