Disability Due to Medical Negligence and How to Claim Compensation
If substandard medical care has left you or a loved one struggling with significant and life-changing disability, contact Glynns to discuss the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
The right to compensation
If a patient suffers a poor outcome following negligent or substandard medical care, they are entitled to claim compensation for the impact of the negligence. If their medical care leaves them suffering disability which would not have been the case with an acceptable level of care, the consequences of their disability can be addressed within a successful compensation claim.
This can include financial losses such as a reduced income or the costs of care.
Disability as a result of negligence
Negligence can occur in a wide variety of forms from the misadministration of medication, to an error in surgery, a delay in diagnosis, a failure to carry out a risk assessment or to monitor a patient's condition.
Disability may be as severe as a loss of mobility due to amputation or nerve compression. It may also be the consequences of undiagnosed heart failure or stroke, or the loss of vision or hearing due to surgical errors or incontinence due to delays in diagnosing anal sphincter injuries or bowel conditions. It may be the cognitive or psychological impact of sepsis or the devastation of delayed treatment of cancer.
How to claim compensation
Compensation claims for medical negligence are extremely complex, requiring an expert assessment of the quality of the patient's medical care, the consequences of that care and the long-term impact on the patient.
It requires the input of the best medical experts in a wide variety of fields depending on the nature of the medical problem and the ways in which the patient has been affected.
It requires skills of analysis and negotiation to ensure that the patient achieves the best outcome, enabling them to deal with the many and varied problems which the negligence has caused.
If you think that you or a loved one have been the victim of negligent medical care, you should speak to a specialist medical negligence solicitor in order to gain the best advice.
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Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced specialist lawyers and a long-standing history of success in high-value negligence cases.
Contact us today to speak with a specialist solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
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