What Constitutes 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
"My reason for contacting you was to help me find a solicitor to deal with a medical negligence claim. My previous solicitor no longer does this kind of work.
I can thoroughly recommend the services that 1stClaims offer for anybody who is seeking advice regarding medical negligence. The lady who took my details was very efficient and polite. Within hours I was phoned by a solicitor who you had recommended, and matters are now proceeding in a satisfactory way.
Before contacting you, I was apprehensive that I was not going to find anybody who would be able to help me in this specialised field.
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I have complete confidence in recommending your excellent service.
I am actually a retired doctor and can understand whether the people with whom I am dealing have a clear knowledge of what is required. Before I rang 1st Claims, i contacted a marketing agency and was told:-
- that as my claim was so old, it was time barred
- they were unable to help as I had already been to another solicitor.
Both the reasons that I was given are completely wrong."
Kindest regards,
Dr E A Hopkins, LRCP MRCS
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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“My reason for contacting you was to help me find a solicitor to deal with a medical negligence claim. My previous solicitor no longer does this kind of work. I can thoroughly recommend the services that 1st Claims offer for anybody who is seeking advice regarding medical negligence. The lady who took my details was very efficient and polite. Within hours I was phoned by a solicitor who you had recommended, and matters are now proceeding in a satisfactory way.
Before contacting you, I was apprehensive that I was not going to find anybody who would be able to help me in this specialised field. The benefits of your service are the fast response, followup and a good understanding of what is required.
I have complete confidence in recommending your excellent service. I am actually a retired doctor and can understand whether the people with whom I am dealing have a clear knowledge of what is required. Before I rang 1st Claims, i contacted a marketing agency and was told:-
1. That as my claim was so old, it was time barred.
2. they were unable to help as I had already been to another solicitor.
Both the reasons that I was given are completely wrong.
”
Kindest regards,
Dr E A Hopkins, LRCP MRCS
