Understanding Medical Negligence Compensation Claims
The bottom line is that, if you have suffered from negligent medical care, which has resulted in you experiencing a worse outcome than would have been the case with an acceptable level of care, you may be legally entitled to claim compensation.
Investigating the claim
However, it needs to be clear that both parts of that statement are true. There needs to have been a breach of duty or act of negligence. This act of negligence also needs to have adversely affected your long-term outcome.
In order to ascertain if this is the case, a specialist solicitor will carry out a thorough investigation on your behalf. Having obtained all the relevant medical records, they will engage the best medical experts who will analyse the quality of your care and identify whether or not they believe you to have been the victim of negligence.
If so, it will further be considered if, how, and to what extent the negligence has affected your health, well-being and quality of life. This may require you to attend one or more medical appointments with medical and medico-legal experts.
Compiling a claim
Depending on the nature and extent of your symptoms and consequences, a successful compensation claim will incorporate the relevant financial losses and costs.
For example, if you are unable to work or are restricted in the hours or nature of your employment, resulting in significant financial losses, these losses should be included in a successful compensation claim.
If the consequences of your negligence have also caused you to incur costs such as personal care, household support, specialist equipment or adaptations to your home, the associated costs could be included in your claim.
Other aspects to bear in mind are that, due to the complexity and breadth of the process outlined above, compensation claims for medical negligence can be time-consuming. They are also associated with a legal time deadline of three years from the date of the alleged negligence. As a result, it is advisable to contact a specialist solicitor at the earliest possible moment when the events of your medical experience are clearest in your mind.
Speak to a legal specialist
A legal specialist is an absolute necessity if the process of your claim is to go as smoothly as possible and achieve the best settlement. Understanding the medical implications as well as managing the timings of the process and the requirements of the court in this niche area of the law require the expertise of someone with specific and extensive experience.
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of highly experienced lawyers and a longstanding history of success in complex, high value claims.
Contact us today to speak with a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
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