How Do I Sue the NHS for Negligent Care?
If you have been the victim of negligent medical care, you may wish to consider making a claim for compensation which could help you to address or manage your current symptoms and provide a sense that justice has been done.
Entitlement to compensation
By law, you or a loved one or family member are entitled to make a claim for compensation if substandard or negligent medical care has resulted in a worse outcome than would have been the case with an acceptable level of care.
For example, if substandard surgery has left you unable to mobilise and struggling to work and earn a living, such financial losses would be included in a compensation claim.
Therefore, before you can commence a claim, it is important to establish that you have, in fact, been the victim of medical negligence.
How to start the process
The best way to start is to contact a solicitor who is experienced in this specialised area of the law. Investigating a medical negligence claim can be extremely complicated, especially where the patient had pre-existing health conditions, or where more than one healthcare provider has been involved or where the outcome for the patient is particularly complex. An expert medical negligence lawyer will be able to guide you through this process.
A solicitor will discuss your experience of medical negligence with you and obtain your medical records in order to analyse the quality of your care. An experienced medical negligence solicitor will have access to the best medical experts, specialists in their field, who will be able to judge whether you have been the victim of negligence, to what extent, if at all, your current difficulties have been caused by the negligence, and what the likely long-term impact will be.
If it appears that you have indeed been the victim of negligent care, your solicitor will contact and negotiate with the legal representatives of those responsible for your poor care and outcome.
Speak with a legal specialist
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of lawyers with expertise in this field of law.
Contact us to talk to a solicitor about the quality of your medical care. Remember that claims for compensation for medical negligence need to be commenced within three years of the date of the alleged negligence, so don't delay. Contact us today.
Speak to a specialist
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers. Call us today to talk to an expert, free of charge, about the suitability of making a claim for compensation.
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