Medical Negligence Claims

Medical Negligence

When a medical or healthcare professional deviates from their standard of care directly causing an injury or illness to become worse then that is considered to be a case of medical negligence. This typically occurs when the level of care has fallen below what is considered reasonable for a medical or healthcare professional in their field, usually by a failure to act, an omission or incorrect action.

Medical negligence is also referred to as clinical negligence along with medical malpractice and can happen in a number of ways.

Common types of medical negligence include –

• Misdiagnosis
• Late diagnosis
• Delayed diagnosis
• Providing incorrect treatment
• Prescription drug error (wrong dose, preparation, duration)
• Failure to have informed consent
• Needlestick injury
• Surgical error (injuring a nerve, an incision in the wrong place, operating on a wrong part of the body or a piece of surgical equipment left inside the body)
• Contracting an infection during a hospital stay such as MRSA. (It is important to note here that it is not always possible for hospitals to eliminate MRSA completely but should the virus take hold and make the existing condition much worse then there could be cause for making a claim.)

Tragically, the consequences of medical negligence can be life changing, even life threatening. Being the victim of such negligence results in an extremely upsetting and confusing time and with further injury and unnecessary pain and suffering for you or a loved one, you may even feel angry. 

Our expert solicitors understand that an apology is often not enough and that you are deserving of compensation. There can be no doubt that the NHS provides an exceptional service to many patients every day of every year, however when things go wrong, and they do, regardless of how well trained or well intentioned staff may be, a claim for compensation is the natural course of action.

For a medical negligence claim to be successful the claimant needs to prove that the care provided to them fell below that expected of a competent medical professional and thus damaged their health further which would otherwise not have happened. A claim would usually need to be started within three years of the negligence occurring.

If you or a member of your family have suffered as a result of medical negligence then our legal team is here to help.

Contact us today for free, no obligation advice regarding your medical negligence claim – either by calling us free on 0800 061 4944 , or by requesting a free call back, whereby one of our team will contact you at a time of your choice, to discuss your situation.

Claremont Legal are here to help you seek compensation for your Clinical Negligence – contact us today to find out how we can help you to put things right.