Clinical and Medical Negligence includes dental negligence or medical negligence - if you have suffered injury from Clinical and Medical Negligence you may be entitled to compensation.
- We offer no win, no fee services leaving you with 100% of the compensation recovered
- Nelsons is on the Headway Approved Solicitors list and work within the Headway Personal Injury Solicitors Code of Conduct.
- To find out if you have a claim, please contact us on Freephone 0800 614370.
Clinical Negligence claims arise from a range of medical accidents, including:-
- Mistaken diagnosis
- Failure to give treatment
- Giving the wrong treatment
- Errors in operations
- Failures in consent to surgery
- Birth injuries
Clinical negligence claims are particularly complex due to the scientific issues involved:–
- So you need specialist lawyers who understand the legal and medical issues
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Find out more about claiming compensation for Clinical Negligence
We are members of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel - a specialist qualification held by experienced Clinical Negligence Solicitors.
There are a number of stages in proving Clinical and Medical Negligence
The key stages in a claim are:-
- We need access to your medical records and to study them in detail
- You will need a specialist medical expert to consider the records and your condition and advise if the treatment was negligent, and if it caused you injury
You have to prove that the Doctor or other practitioner was negligent
- A major issue is that medical opinion often differs in defining what is reasonable treatment
Once you establish negligence, you still have to prove that it actually caused your injury which is often hard to do:-
- It may be argued that you would have suffered the injury in any event; specialists can take opposing views!
After we start your claim it may be that a negotiated settlement can be achieved, but we often need to start Court proceedings even though most cases eventually settle before coming to trial.
Please contact us to discuss how our Clinical Negligence Team might act on your behalf if you have been a victim of Clinical and Medical negligence.
