Surgery Nerve Damage and How to Claim Compensation
The nervous system is both fundamentally crucial in human function and highly vulnerable during many surgical procedures. Occasionally, a nerve may be damaged, causing long-term problems for the patient. How do you go about making a claim?
The right to compensation
If a patient suffers during a medical procedure and their injury is not resolved, they should be legally entitled to claim compensation for the impact which the negligence has had on their life.
A successful claim takes account of the financial implications. For example, if the patient is no longer able to work in the same way or to the same extent and, therefore, suffers a loss of income, that loss would be included in the claim.
Likewise, if the impact of the nerve injury has left the patient requiring specialist equipment or care, the associated costs would be incorporated into the claim.
The severity and impact of a nerve injury can vary considerably. The best way to find out if you are eligible to make a claim is to speak to an experienced medical negligence solicitor.
How to make a claim
Claims for medical negligence are restricted to a three-year deadline from the date of the alleged negligence. Prior to this date, and before a claim can be issued with a court, a solicitor will need to carry out an investigation into the quality of your care in order to identify if an act of negligence has occurred.
With your authorisation, they will obtain copies of your medical records and engage the services of the most respected medical experts to analyse the quality of your medical care. They will identify if you have been the victim of negligence and, if so, what impact it has had on your long-term physical outcome.
This process will determine whether or not you are able to make a claim.
Speak to a legal specialist
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice. With a team of experienced solicitors and a long-standing history of success in complex, high-value claims, we are ideally placed to support you in the investigation of your claim.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about what has happened to you and the impact which it is having on your life. It may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
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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