 This legal advice
website is managed by
Winston Solicitors LLP,
regulated by the Solicitors Regulation
Authority. Our service is dedicated to providing
advice on medical negligence and NHS complaints
in England & Wales.
If you have suffered personal injury in
England or Wales following a medical procedure
or as a result of wrongful advice, you may be
entitled to make a
No win No fee compensation claim. We provide a unique
service for patients in the UK - an
informative website combined with unparalleled
access to legal advice.
Our specialist solicitors
deal with medical negligence (sometimes known as
"clinical
negligence") involving the NHS or private
treatment services and physicians.
The
general standard of
healthcare in the UK is considered to be
very good. We may lag behind our European
partners in some respects - usually relating to
funding or administration.
But as far as medical
expertise is concerned it might be reasonable to
assume that you are in safe hands.
Unfortunately that is not necessarily the
case. Mistakes do occur.
Unlike many other occupations, a mistake made
by a doctor, physician, midwife or other medical
professional (whether this be a GP or a
consultant) can have dire consequences for the
patient. Clinical negligence claims
are not 'run of the mill' compensation cases. It
should never be assumed that seeking a
compensation award in these circumstances is
simple, hassle free and financially rewarding.
If however, you as a patient have suffered as
a result of what you believe to be a mistake
whilst in hospital, or as a result of advice (or
lack of it) from GP's, nurses, doctors,
consultants or any other medical professional -
it is only right that you seek legal advice.
CALL 0800 0322210 -
or if preferred contact our discreet ONLINE CHAT
LINE - or complete our enquiry form opposite.
We have a
medical malpractice UK blog which
discusses current medical related
topics that are happening in the
media.
To make a successful claim for compensation
the law requires you to prove:
The
standard of care you received fell below
that of a reasonably competent health care
professional in the relevant area of medicine.
That you have suffered a physical or mental
injury as a direct result of that action or
inaction, this is known as
causation. Also read our What is negligence?
page to determine if you feel you might have a
claim.
If you think you might have a medical
negligence claim please contact us for informal
advice. Our team will respond to all written
enquiries within one hour 8am-8pm 7 days.
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KEY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS:
1) How do you start a claim for
medical negligence?
The first step is to speak to a firm of
NO WIN NO FEE lawyers who specialise in
medical claims. We can help provide advice
in many cases although we must stress
that we cannot deal with every complaint or
possible claim.
2) Do you need to
complain
before considering a claim?
Ideally you should make a complaint about
your situation to the treating practice,
hospital or NHS Trust - as soon as possible.
To find out more read our updated
COMPLAINTS PAGE.
Generally speaking the NHS Complaint
Procedures stipulate that a complaint must
be brought within 12 months of you / your
family being aware there was or is a
problem. It is possible to make a claim at
the same time as lodging a formal NHS
complaint - we may be able to help you with
both.
Please, be aware that circumstances
justifying a complaint (which can be
numerous) do not necessarily merit pursuing
a legal claim.
3) How do you pay your costs if
you decide to pursue your case against a GP,
NHS or other medical practitioner?
You may be entitled to Public
Funding (formerly legal aid) - which
means you can claim totally free of charge.
You may be entitled to a "no
win no fee claim" agreement if legal aid
is not appropriate for you. You may have
legal expense insurance (most household
policies have this cover) In
certain cases you may wish to privately fund
your action.
Call our specialists for FREE INFORMAL
ADVICE on the merits of your case. We will
then discuss how any claim can go forward
and which funding option would be available
to you.
USEFUL LINKS AND
RESOURCES
Please also visit the
BMA website. The British Medical
Association represents doctors from all
branches of medicine all over the UK
The Royal College of
General Practitioners represents most
GP's in the UK.
UK
National electronic Library for health
Read our articles
NHS Complaints procedures
Health Service Ombudsman
National Institute
for Health & Clinical excellence [NICE]
Cosmetic surgery
litigation on the rise -
20th July 2010
Kidney patient
complains after waiting over seven hours to see
a doctor -
7th July 2010
Foreign doctors wanting
to work in the UK should have English language
competence tests -
1st July 2010
Yorkshire ambulance service response times
getting quicker but still needs work -
25th June 2010
Negligent doctor who killed a man confronted by
his sons -
22nd June 2010
HPA should have done more
to curb e.coli outbreak -
16th June 2010
Public inquiry launched
into the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trusts
failings -
11th June 2010
Sickness from work fell
to a record low last year -
8th June 2010
Reduction in hospital
admissions scheme introduced in Doncaster -
7th June 2010
Lorenzo goes live part of
the NHS NPfIT project - 4th June 2010
A women given the wrong
drug shortly after giving birth tragically died -
20th May 2010
The NHS looks to rewarding those who quit smoking -
19th May 2010
Women to sue NHS hospital over incorrect
diagnosis operations - 13th May 2010
Patient safety needs to
improve in some NHS Trusts - 23rd March 2010
Psychologists
identify post-traumatic stress disorder in 7/7
London bomb survivors - 12th March 2010
Report reveals ‘appalling standards of care’ - 5th March 2010
Surgical blunder leaves baby needing catheter for life - 5th March 2010
Disabled
women died after being lowered into a bath of
scalding water at a care home - 2nd
February 2010
Care
homes ordered to carry out a safety
review on the prescription of medication to the
elderly - 8th January 2010
A teenage girl sent home from hospital with
paracetamol died of heart failure - 2nd
January 2010
Patients in NHS care suffering harm or death due
to mishaps must be reported under new
legislation - 8th December 2009
Prescriptions found to have an alarming number
of mistakes - 6th December 2009
NHS
Trust performance rating report disputed by new
Dr Foster report - 29th November 2009
Nurses
will be required to achieve a degree from 2013 -
16th November 2009
10-year-old girl died after a throat tumour was
wrongly diagnosed as asthma - 2nd
November 2009
E.coli
farm which infected 94 people reopens
- 1st November 2009
Family
take legal action after a 10-year-old-boy dies
from meningitis - 25th October 2009
Woman
left with a ten minute memory wins £4 million in
compensation - 19th October 2009
Failing NHS Trusts face closure if they aren't
performing by April 2010 - 18th October 2009
National Patients Safety Agency
six monthly report shows NHS staff mistakes
caused serious harm or contributed to the
patients death in nearly 6,000 incidents -
16th October 2009
Attention - NHS Workers Are
you working for the NHS in either a qualified or
non- qualified role? If so you might have a
right to claim back salary payments that may
have been withheld through an unfair wage
system. Speak to our
NHS equal pay claims team today
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