Negligence in Medical Care and When to Claim Compensation
Negligence in medical care can be devastating and utterly change the course of a person's life. Contact a specialist solicitor if you think that you may be entitled to make a claim.
The legal entitlement to compensation
A patient who is seeking help from a medical professional is entitled to an acceptable and appropriate level of care. If medical professionals fail in their duty to their patient, whether by failures of examination, referral, diagnosis or treatment, the patient is legally entitled to claim compensation for the consequences of that negligence.
Compensation claims address the impact which the negligence has had on the patient.
For example, if a patient us rendered unable to work or restricted in their working and earning capacity, a successful claim would take account of the loss of earnings.
Likewise, if an individual requires specialist equipment, treatment or care due to the effects of the medical negligence, the associated costs could be included in a claim.
When to claim compensation
In the first instance, it is important to bear in mind that claims for compensation for medical negligence need to be issued with a court within three years of the date of the alleged negligence. For example, if a patient suffers a failure of diagnosis or negligent surgery in March 2023, they have until March 2026 to make a claim. Before that deadline, an investigation needs to be carried out by a specialist solicitor into the quality of the patient's care, by an analysis of their medical records.
It may be possible to make a claim if it is found both that a medical professional has indeed been negligent in some way, and that the negligence caused the patient to suffer a worse outcome than would have been the case with an acceptable level of care.
Consequently, it is necessary to act promptly. If you suspect that you or a loved one have been the victim of negligent medical care, contact a specialist solicitor at the earliest possible moment to ensure that your claim is thoroughly assessed before the deadline expires.
Speak to a specialist solicitor
Glynns Solicitors specialises in high-value medical negligence compensation claims. With years of experience and a team of specialist solicitors, we can offer considerable depth of insight into the complexity of medical negligence, the procedures associated with making a claim and the devastating impact which negligence can cause.
Our specialisation also means that we can offer No Win No Fee medical negligence funding which we will discuss with you during your free initial telephone discussion.
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