Claiming Compensation for Negligent Healthcare in a Challenging Environment
If negligent healthcare has caused either you or a loved one to suffer long-term debilitating symptoms, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
State of Care 2023 Assessment
The recent State of Care assessment, carried out by the Care Quality Commission, identified a number of on-going and significant issues within the NHS which are affecting the quality of care provided.
Concerns raised within the report include the following:
- Increasing waiting times for healthcare, identifying record numbers of people waiting for care
- Problems with access to GP appointments due to demand
- Stress on urgent and emergency care services
- Insufficient capacity in adult social care
- Increasing pressures on healthcare workers
- On-going problems in maternity care and mental health services
- Inequalities in access to care
- Staff shortages in healthcare
The challenges and the rights of the patient
Providing nationwide and effective healthcare to a growing population with a myriad of conditions and concerns is a highly complex challenge. A multitude of factors contribute to the successful provision of care and, equally, to wide-ranging failings where they occur.
Where a patient's quality of health and quality of life are adversely affected by substandard care, they may be entitled to make a claim for compensation.
Substandard medical care may occur in a variety of ways including failures of safety-netting, failures of examination and diagnosis, failures of risk assessment and care as well as failures in surgery, post-operative care and the administration of medication.
Claiming compensation
The first step in making a claim for compensation is to contact a solicitor who specialises in medical negligence law. They will be able to obtain your medical records and carry out an investigation of the quality of your care, using the input of the best medical experts.
If it is found that you or a loved one have, indeed, been the victim of negligent care, they will, furthermore, make a thorough assessment of the ways in which your health and quality of life have been impacted and the value of your claim.
A successful claim would incorporate the financial losses suffered by the patient such as a loss of income where they are no longer able to work and the costs of care if this is applicable.
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Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
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