Medical Negligence

Most of us, at one time or another, have to put our trust in medical professionals. The vast majority of treatments are beneficial to us and we are treated correctly and competently. Unfortunately however, this is not always the case and it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of avoidable ‘medical accidents’ occur each year in hospitals and primary care facilities across the UK.

If you have received sub-standard medical care and this has caused an adverse effect, you may seek to claim medical negligence compensation. The error may have been made by a GP, surgeon, midwife, nurse, dentist, other medical practitioner or the NHS trust.

The important thing to establish is whether the errors in your medical treatment have caused you pain and suffering. For a medical negligence claim to be successful it has to be proven that no reasonable medical professional would have provided treatment in the same way, that the treatment received fell below the accepted standards of care and that this caused some form of injury to the patient.

What is medical negligence?

Medical Negligence can include many things including Birth Injury, Anesthetic Awareness and Cosmetic Surgery Complications.

How much can I get?

Compensation is calculated on a case by case basis and you may be able to recoup loss of past and future income, pain and suffering including psychological damage and legal expenses as a result of medical negligence.