Responding to Poor Healthcare and the Right to Compensation
Patients have a right to challenge poor healthcare. Talk to a specialist medical negligence solicitor if you or a loved one are struggling with the consequences of negligent care.
The quality of medical care
The vast majority of people who visit their GP, or who ring NHS 111 or who call upon the Accident and Emergency services or who have in-patient treatment of whatever nature know that they receive good quality care which improves the quality of their lives.
Unfortunately, however, occasionally, a patient suffers from poor medical care and their lives are changed forever.
When a patient suffers the consequences of poor medical care, they are legally entitled to compensation for the impact of that negligent care. This may include a loss of income or covering the costs of care or treatment or equipment where this has been necessitated by their negligent care. It will also recognise the patient's pain and suffering.
This applies whether the act of negligence occurs in hospital or elsewhere within the healthcare system.
It applies whether the act of negligence relates to a delay in diagnosis or an error in surgery, to a 'never event' or a misadministration of medication, whether it is a failure of examination or a failure to safety-netting.
The fundamental question is whether an act of negligence by a medical professional has caused a patient to suffer a worse outcome than should have been the case with an acceptable standard of care.
Compensation for medical negligence
Depending on the nature of the negligence, the impact on the patient and their life will vary considerably. Where a significant impact has unfolded, the patient may find that they are facing traumatic and unanticipated problems such as a loss of mobility, a loss of capacity, the loss of their ability to work and to care for themselves.
Insofar as this appalling scenario has been caused by negligent care, a successful claim will address these issues and others like them.
A loss of earnings, where it has been caused by medical negligence, would be included in a claim. The costs of personal care or specialist equipment would be included in a claim.
Speak to a legal specialist
A specialist solicitor is essential to the successful running of a claim for compensation. Medical negligence claims are extremely complex and require the expertise and experience of a legal specialist.
Contact Glynns Solicitors, medical negligence legal specialists, to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about 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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