Orthopaedic Mistakes and How to Claim Compensation
Speak to a specialist solicitor if you or a loved one are struggling with the challenges caused by negligent orthopaedic care.
Orthopaedic negligence
Orthopaedics is a broad medical specialty, incorporating numerous parts of the body and involving a wide variety of possible medical procedures. Patients are the subject of orthopaedic care every day throughout the National Health Service.
Occasionally, something goes wrong and the patient suffer a negative outcome which should not have been the case with competent and appropriate care.
Where medical professionals are found to have been at fault, the patient is legally entitled to claim compensation for the impact of the outcome.
What that outcome is depends on the nature of the procedure as well as the nature and impact of the act of negligence.
Examples of errors in orthopaedic care
- Undertaking a procedure which was not necessary, causing a patient suffer unnecessarily
- Making an incorrect diagnosis and thereby failing to initiate vital treatment
- Carrying out a procedure to the wrong part of the body
- Carrying out a procedure incorrectly or inadequately such as using an incorrect implant or leaving surgical equipment inside the patient at the end of the procedure
- Causing damage to another part of the anatomy, such as a nerve, during a procedure which causes problems for the patient
- Allowing infection to develop in the surgical site which may undermine the long-term success of the procedure and possibly trigger sepsis
How to make a claim for compensation
Whether or not an individual can make a claim depends on whether or not an act of negligence has occurred and what effect that has had on the patient.
Speak to a specialist medical negligence solicitor who will be able to access copies of your medical records and engage the best medical experts to scrutinise them for evidence of negligence and, where appropriate, its impact on the patient's outcome.
When you first contact a solicitor, try to make sure that you have details to hand of relevant dates and procedures and symptoms as well as details of the relevant medical professionals and provision involved. Your solicitor will want to hear your account of what happened and its impact on you in order to help you develop your witness statement.
Free legal advice
Glynns is a specialist medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers and a wealth of expertise in orthopaedic claims.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about your situation and the possibility of making a claim.
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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