Clinical Negligence - Claims Advice Bureau

Clinical Negligence

Every person in the UK will experience some form of medical care during their lifetime. In most cases this medical care or treatment is carried out to a high standard without any problems. However; sometimes mistakes can and do happen.

Clinical negligence, or medical negligence, occurs when a health professional provided care that was below standard and caused physical injury, or caused or increased a mental illness.

If you have been injured, or have had an existing medical condition made worse due to medical negligence in the UK, you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation !

In order to make claim it must be shown that a health care professional, has caused you to suffer due to their negligence. In terms of clinical negligence, this means that a health care professional has failed to provide the level of care that a person is reasonably entitled to expect.

Health professionals include:

> Doctors
> Surgeons
> Nurses
> Dentists
> Privately funded health practitioners

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Most medical treatment carries some form of risk or side affect, which is normally fully explained before any treatment is carried out. Before undertaking any treatment you should be asked to sign a consent form which will highlight such risks. Due to this, not all adverse affects of medical or clinical treatment will give sufficient grounds to make a medical negligence compensation claim.

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There are many different situations which could give rise to a potential medical negligence claim.

> Failure to diagnose a condition
> Delay or failure to treat a condition
> Mistakes made during treatment
> Use of the wrong treatment
> Failure to obtain consent

Although financial compensation can never fully compensate for the physical and mental trauma caused by medical negligence, making a claim can help to ensure the injured person is in a position to receive the necessary treatment and after-care service. Making a medical negligence compensation claim can also help make improvements in medical standards by highlighting problems with the health care service.

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How soon do I have to make a claim?

If you wish to start a clinical negligence case, you must start proceedings within three years from the time when the negligence occurred, or three years from the date that you realised that the treatment had caused significant injury. Different time limits apply to children, people with learning difficulties and sometimes people with mental health problems and. In certain circumstances, a claim may be allowed to go ahead even if time has run out.

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If you think you have a case or require further assistance just complete the Claim Enquiry form on this page and one of our specialist agents will contact you as soon as possible.

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