Why Make a Medical Negligence Compensation Claim?
If you have suffered from a significant failing in medical care, you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation. What might this achieve?
Patient entitlement
It is worth pointing out at the outset that, where a patient has suffered from negligent medical care, resulting in on-going difficulties, the patient has a right to compensation. If the negligence has caused a reduction in their quality of life, such as a loss of income due to disability, the patient is entitled to compensation which should restore them to the financial position they would have been in had the negligence not occurred.
Financial recompense
A serious failing in medical care can have a devastating impact on the patient's life. For example, a 'never event' where surgical equipment is left inside a patient after an operation, or where a delay in the diagnosis of necrotising fasciitis leaves the patient missing a limb, can change the patient's life forever.
A claim for compensation will address the financial losses and expenses caused by the medical negligence. This may be the loss of income due to disability or the costs of care where the patient has lost their independence due to medical negligence.
A sense of justice
For many victims of medical negligence, an acknowledgement by the relevant parties of what has occurred is absolutely vital. Some patients even say that, had an apology been given, they may never have sought further compensation.
A failure by a medical professional to accept that they have erred and caused the patient's on-going problems can be a driving factor for some victims.
A successful claim for compensation can provide that sense that justice has been done.
Encouraging a culture of learning
If medical errors are not made clear, there is little opportunity for medical professionals to reconsider their techniques, procedures and guidelines with a view to preventing similar mistakes in the future.
For many victims, it is a source of some comfort to know that their courage in pursuing a claim for compensation may help to decrease the likelihood that someone else will suffer in the same way.
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If you or a loved one believe you may have been the victim of medical negligence and are struggling with the impact of that occurrence, contact Glynns Solicitors today.
We are specialists in medical negligence law and one of our experienced solicitors will be very happy to talk to you about your situation and the suitability of making a claim for compensation.
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