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Medical Negligence Claims
When we visit our GP, hospital, dental practise or other institute of care we expect to be in the best possible hands and rely on the medical profession to take care of our well being. Most of the time this is exactly what we get and many of us never experience any real problems. Sadly however things can go wrong in the medical profession and some of us do suffer at the hands of the people designed to help us most.
Medical negligence is a rare but distressing experience. A wrong diagnosis, incorrect prescription or surgical errors can have complicated effects on our well being and cause more problems instead of solving them.
Claims for compensation based on medical negligence are notoriously difficult to win as there are often more than one way to treat a patient, all of which are acceptable. In order to engage in a successful medical negligence claim there needs to be sufficient evidence to show that the care a patient received was below the standard set out by a health service. The minimum standard of care is set by if several doctors and nurses would all give the same treatment to help patients.
If the care that you received fits that of the standard of care that should be received then you are not likely to have a successful claim. Medical negligence claims need sufficient evidence. Your case will need a lot of investigation as you will need proof of a link between what you have suffered and the care that you received; the actions of a medical professional must link to the harm that you have suffered as a result of it.
If the results of treatment you received were substandard and the medical professionals performance was improper then you could have a case for medical negligence, however you must be able to show that if you had received the correct treatment that you would have recovered and that your symptoms/harm you have received wouldn’t have occurred. The Court works on the basis of what would happen on the balance of probabilities. If a Court was persuaded that, with correct treatment, a Claimant has a 51% chance of recovery, the Court would take the view that recovery would occur. But if a Claimant had only a 49% chance of recovery, the Court would take the view that recovery would not occur.
In order to get the best possible chance of a successful medical negligence compensation claim you should enlist the help of a medical expert who has the medical knowledge to prove that you are suffering as the result of the care that you received, by doing this you have a high chance of winning your medical negligence compensation claim.
In a successful medical negligence claim the amount of compensation that you receive will depend on factors such as the extent of the pain and distress that you suffered, how much you earn, if you have anyone that is dependent on you financially or if you have any children or relatives who are dependent on your care and the money that you bring in.
It is within your rights to claim for compensation after you have suffered due to someone else’s negligence, here atAccident Consultant we can help you do just that. Accident Consultant are experts in no win no fee compensation claims, meaning that you keep 100% of the compensation that you are awarded. Accident Consultant have many years of experience in personal injury compensation claims, including medical negligence claims.
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