A Complete Guide To Surgery Negligence Claims
It has become a common scenario among adults to undergo surgical intervention for an injury or illness. However, there are times when things don’t go as planned. It may or may not be the medical professionals’ fault, but it can cost you a lot, not necessarily in terms of money, but with an injury that can have a severe impact on you. However, if it happens as a result of medical negligence, you can make a Surgery Negligence Claim.
Basic Criteria for Surgery Negligence Claims
Surgical negligence occurs when your surgeon or any other medical professionals commits a mistake amidst the surgery, which renders you with more problems. Since your surgery did not meet the clinical standards, you can make a Surgery Negligence Claim. The types of things that can occur includes:
How to claim Surgical Negligence?
Before claiming you need to gather all the relevant information about your injury. You even need an expert to help you with it. Suppose you feel that you are not provided with appropriate medical treatment while you are under the care of the professional, and this negligence resulted in injury. Such injuries are imperative.
It would be best if you talked to a medical negligence solicitor before claiming it. This ensures us that no important steps are skipped throughout the legal process. If you bring forward a claim without discussing it with your solicitor, your claim procedure might delay. A solicitor will always help you to determine your medical negligence claim.
The claim must have been established and proven that the injury was caused only due to the doctor’s medical negligence or other medical staff assigned for your medical care. Your solicitor will request to access all your medical reports and medical history after discussing the issue with you.
An independent medical expert will assess your records, and it will be guided by the solicitor only. This assessment will determine if the injury’s cause was the negligence of the doctor or any other medical staff or not and if it was possible to prevent it with an appropriate level of medical care that had been adhered.
Suppose the assigned independent medical expert concludes that the main reason was negligence. In that case, our team’s solicitor will draft a letter of claim to the professional under whom you were treated. The solicitor will outline your case’s nature and invite the medical practitioner to settle the case. The next step will determine if it needs to be taken until the court or settled outside the court. Our team will help you suggest a way forward.
The Limits in Time factor for Making A Surgical Negligence Claim
Generally, you can claim within three years from your surgery date or when you realized that the negligence in surgery is the cause of your injury.
The certain exceptions of this rue:
If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to call us on 01 8344255. Alternatively you can simply request a callback and a member of our staff will contact you as soon as possible.
*In contentious business, a solicitor may not calculate fees or other charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement.
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