Clinical negligence lawyers
The overriding aim of claims4negligence.co.uk is to help people seek justice. We believe that anyone who’s been injured, hurt or made ill by an accident or set of circumstances that wasn’t of their doing has an absolute right to seek compensation, both in order to refund any immediate and future expenses, and to enable them to feel that they can start recovering and getting on with the rest of their life. The way we do this is by employing trained, experienced, knowledgeable injury solicitors to put together the case on behalf of each individual, asking the right questions and gathering all of the relevant information.
We understand that, no matter how cut and dried your case may seem to be, the idea of pursuing a personal injury claim through the courts can be pretty daunting. If you’re used to working in some other walk of life, then even the language used can be baffling – claims, plaintiff, defendant, settlement, statement – but our medical negligence solicitors will speak to you in plain, easily understood English and make sure that you’re fully aware, every step of the way, exactly what’s happening.
Whilst this is true of all the cases we handle, it’s especially pertinent when dealing with claims of medical negligence. Every day in the UK, thousands of people attend clinics, hospitals, GPs and dentists and the vast majority of these people receive a first class service and exactly the treatment they were looking for. Occasionally, however, things will go wrong. No matter how professional, dedicated and hard working our medical staff are, mistakes are occasionally going to be made and, because of the nature of the field in which they’re working, these mistakes can often have very serious ramifications. The precise details of each case of medical negligence will vary, but amongst the most common factors are things such as:
- Failing to spot an illness.
- A misdiagnosis.
- A mistake made during surgery.
- Medication which has been incorrectly prescribed.
- Failure to properly warn a patient of the risks of treatment.
The negligence itself may have taken place during a hospital stay, a visit to a clinic, an appointment with a GP or during treatment at a dentist. It doesn’t matter if you were treated at a private clinic or an NHS body, if it can be demonstrated that the standard of care you received fell below that which you might reasonably expect, then you may be in the position to make a claim for compensation. That’s where our expert medical negligence solicitors really demonstrate their worth – putting together a claim for medical negligence requires an understanding of complex and difficult scientific terminology and an ability to marshal the facts in such a way as to build a coherent picture of what went wrong and the effect it has had. In order for a claim to be successful it has to be shown that the initial negligence occurred and that it has had a long term detrimental effect on the patient’s life.
If you feel you may have been the victim of medical negligence then call our FREEPHONE number at 0808 231 5942 and our trained advisors will take a note of your details and give you an honest appraisal of whether there seems to be a case to answer. The more information – in the form of medical notes, doctors letters etc – that you can bring to us, the better we’ll be able to evaluate your situation and, if you are in a position to claim compensation our lawyers will work on a no win no fee basis to put together the strongest possible case. This means that, no matter how long it take, we’ll work on your behalf without charging you a penny, and carry on working until the day you’re awarded the compensation you deserve.
