Claiming Compensation for Intensive Care Medical Negligence
If negligent medical care causes a patient to suffer a worse outcome than would have been the case with an acceptable level of care, the patient is legally entitled to make a claim for compensation.
Claiming compensation for medical negligence
A successful compensation claim will take account of the patient's financial losses as well as providing recompense for their unnecessary pain and suffering. For example, if a patient has suffered significant disability and has had to engage personal care support or if they are unable to work and have suffered a loss of income, financial losses such as these would be included in the claim.
However, claims for compensation for medical negligence must be initiated within three years of the date of the alleged negligence. A specialist solicitor will need plenty of time before this date to fully investigate the quality of the patient's care, its impact on them, physically, psychologically and financially, and to judge the validity of their claim.
So, if you or a loved one have been the victim of substandard care in intensive care, suffering a significant impact, contact a specialist legal practice without delay.
Negligent support in intensive care
Patients in intensive care are both extremely ill and highly vulnerable to the impact of negligent or substandard care, whether this is in the monitoring of their condition, the administration of their medication or their positioning in the bed, especially over an extended period. The quality of their medical care is crucial to their long-term well-being and, often, to their very survival.
- A failure to monitor a patient leaving them to develop a serious condition may be regarded as negligent
- The misadministration of or failure to administer medication, having a serious and on-going impact on the patient may be regarded as negligent
- A failure of hygiene or appropriate care, allowing the patient's condition to worsen may be regarded as negligent.
Speak to a legal specialist
Compensation claims for medical negligence are extremely complex and benefit from the services of a specialist lawyer. They will have the expertise and experience to negotiate with the Defendant and achieve the best and fairest outcome, dependant on the patient's long-term impact and needs.
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice, with long-standing experience of successful negligence claims. We have a team of lawyers, all of whom are specialists in this complex field of law. Contact us today to talk to a specialist, free of charge, if you or a loved one have been the victim of negligent medical care.
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