Investigating Negligent Medical Care and Making a Claim for Compensation
If you are considering making a claim for negligent medical care, you will need the support of a legal specialist.
Investigating the quality of your care
In the first instance, as well as taking your own statement of events, your solicitor will need to assess your medical records and ascertain, with the input of the best medical experts, whether or not you have, in fact, been the victim of negligence.
If it is felt that this is, indeed, the case, then there will also need to be an assessment of the impact that any negligence or substandard care has had on your outcome. This process may require you to attend appointments with one or more medical experts in order to be certain of the impact of the negligence.
These investigations are necessary before a claim can be pursued.
Compensation claims are associated with a deadline of three years from the date of the alleged negligence, so contact a specialist solicitor at the earliest possible moment in order to allow time to carry out this investigation.
Making a claim
A successful claim will address the financial losses and costs that have been caused by your negligent care.
For example, if your symptoms mean that you are unable to work or restricted in the hours you can manage or the type of employment you can undertake, your claim would incorporate the associated loss of income.
If you require some degree of personal care or specialised equipment because of your symptoms, the associated costs would be included in your claim.
This is a highly specialised area of law and, in order to make sure that you achieve the best and fairest settlement of your claim, you need to be able to rely on the expertise of a specialist.
They will have the experience to ensure that all deadlines are met, all aspects of your health, well-being and quality of life fully taken into consideration and your claim successfully negotiated with the Defendant.
Specialist legal advice
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers and extensive expertise in high value claims.
If you or a loved one suspect that you may have been the victim of negligent medical care, contact us today to speak with a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
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