Clinical Negligence Solicitors and When to Claim Compensation
An experienced clinical negligence solicitor is essential if you are thinking of making a claim for compensation.
Why use clinical solicitors?
If you or a loved one suspect that you have been the victim of negligent medical care, the first thing to do is to speak to a specialist clinical negligence solicitor. In order to pursue a claim for compensation for negligent healthcare, it is necessary, in the first place, to ascertain that you have, in fact, suffered from negligence or a breach of duty in the course of your care. The way to do this is for a legal specialist to obtain all of your relevant medical records and to undertake a thorough investigation, using the best medical experts. They will assess the quality of your medical care and identify if there has been an act of negligence. This may relate to a variety of circumstances including the process of diagnosis or examination, the prescription and administration of medication, the referral process, safety-netting, surgical competence and timing, consent, risk assessment and monitoring.
If a breach of duty has occurred in the course of your healthcare it is then necessary to clarify whether or not the negligence has affected your outcome. If it is considered that any negligence has, indeed, caused you to suffer symptoms and difficulties which would not have been the case with appropriate care, you may be able to make a claim.
Clearly, this is a complex process, requiring expertise and experience in this field of law as well as access to the best medical experts. Unfamiliarity with the complexities of clinical negligence may slow down the process significantly and put the patient at risk of failing in their claim or of a significant under-valuation of their claim.
When to claim
It is important to contact a legal specialist at the earliest possible moment. Claims for compensation for medical negligence need to be issued with a court within three years of the date of the alleged negligence and the investigation into the patient's care needs to take place before this deadline.
Specialist clinical negligence solicitors
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers and a reputation for success in high-value claims.
Contact us today to speak with a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for negligent medical care.
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