What is a Medical Negligence Claim?
Medical Negligence, now often referred to as Clinical Negligence can arise out of many circumstances but broadly speaking claims will fall into one of three categories:
- a mistake being made by the professional whilst carrying out the treatment such as prescribing the wrong drugs or carrying out an operation incorrectly
- an omission being made by the professional such as failing to diagnose a condition or failing to refer a patient for a scan that would have resulted in a condition being diagnosed
- failure to obtain full and appropriate consent prior to carrying our treatment or warn of the potential risks and side effects of treatment
Types of Clinical Negligence Claims
Clinical negligence can arise from any circumstance where a medical professional has breached the duty of care that they owe to each and every patient they treat. This makes it a very complex area of law that requires specialist advice. Your 1stClaims will have many years of experience in dealing with all types of clinical negligence claims but below are details of some of the more common areas of complaint:
- Misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose cancer
- Birth injury claims including cerebral palsy
- Failure to diagnose or correctly treat brain tumours (subarachnoid haemorrhage)
- Failure to diagnose liver disease during pregnancy (obstetric cholestasis)
- Failure to diagnose or effectively treat epilepsy
- Failure to diagnose or effectively treat septicaemia
- Infections acquired whilst in hospitals including MRSA
- Plastic and cosmetic surgery
- Dental negligence
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