How Do I Claim Compensation for Poor-Quality Medical Care?
If you believe that you or a loved one have received substandard or negligent medical care, causing on-going symptoms and associated problems, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
The right to compensation
The law entitles those who have suffered damage and financial losses due to negligent medical care to be compensated for that damage and those losses. Financial losses may be the costs of additional care if the individual now requires personal support. A successful compensation claim would also take into account any reduction or loss of income due to the effects of the negligent medical care. If, for example, the person was unable to work or could only work restricted hours, their claim would address that loss of income.
Getting support for your claim
To make a claim for compensation, it is necessary to establish that you, or your loved one, have been the victim of negligent medical care.
Compensation claims for medical negligence are extremely complex and, in order to get the best advice and support, it is advisable to engage the services of specialist solicitors. They will obtain all the relevant medical records relating to your claim and ask the appropriate medical experts to make an assessment of what occurred to you and whether or not there has, in fact, been a breach of duty in the care you received.
If negligence is found to have occurred, and it can be demonstrated that it has had a significant impact, causing you a worse outcome than would otherwise have been the case, a claim for compensation could be made.
Types of claim
Negligent medical care can occur in many different scenarios within healthcare but the most common would include the following:
- Delayed diagnosis of your condition, causing a deterioration in your long-term outcome
- A delay in treatment, causing a deterioration in outcome
- Poor-quality treatment resulting in significant problems
Obtaining specialist advice
Remember that claims for compensation have to be initiated within three years of the date of the alleged negligence so, if you or a loved one believe you may have a claim, contact a specialist solicitor promptly.
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced specialist lawyers.
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