Medical Accidents and Clinical Negligence
The doctors or nurses who look after you when you are ill or undergoing surgery owe you a duty of care: they are responsible for your well being and safety while you are undergoing treatment.
Medical Accidents and Clinical Negligence: Can you Claim Compensation?
Medical Accidents and Clinical Negligence: Types of Accidents
Medical Accidents and Clinical Negligence: How Accident Compensation 4 U can Help
Medical Accidents and Clinical Negligence: Can You Claim Compensation?
 The last thing you should expect when dealing with the medical profession is for things to go wrong. However, unfortunately, accidents do happen. By law, health professionals have a duty of care to the patients they look after: they MUST deliver a reasonable standard of care.
Whether you can claim compensation for a medical accident will depend on whether it can be proven that the treatment you received was below the level that should have been expected. This applies throughout the treatment cycle, from diagnosis to medication and involves both the treatment itself and the doctor's responsibility in explaining to you the exact consequences or risks associated with a course of action they might propose.
If your injuries were the result of a failure of a medical product, such as an implant or a drug you were prescribed, you could also claim compensation under the Consumer Protection Act. If this is the case, refer to our information about Product Liability.
To find out whether your claim for compensation is likely to succeed, contact us for a Free assessment of your circumstances on 0800 037 1260, or leave your details online and we will get back to you.
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Medical Accidents and Clinical Negligence: Types of Accidents
There are many reasons why medical accidents happen. However, you could have a claim if you consider that your injuries were the result of:
- A misdiagnosis of your condition. If your doctor has failed to properly diagnose a condition, or has not diagnosed it in time to take the necessary action or start the right treatment. This can happen for cases of cancer or meningitis for example.
- A surgical mistake. We have all heard the stories of medical instruments being left inside a patient during surgery. These are rare and extreme cases of issues that can arise during surgery that include medical equipment failure, anaesthetic mistakes, cosmetic surgeries gone wrong, etc.
- An acquired infection. You should expect to be treated for your condition without fear of catching other infections such as MRSA due to lack of care or cleanliness.
- An error in prescription. Whether your doctor has prescribed the wrong drug, dose or failed to screen for potential allergies.
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Medical Accidents and Clinical Negligence: How AC4U can Help
 We believe our role goes beyond that of securing adequate compensation for your injuries. Our job starts with giving you access to the best legal advice so that you may make an informed decision as to how to proceed.
Medical negligence cases are a very specific area of law and require specialist solicitors to deal with them. We will find for you the best solicitor based on your circumstances and their experience.
In addition to this however, we will make sure that you receive the best level of care for the injuries you have sustained, whether in the short or long term. By instructing a solicitor through Accident Compensation 4 U and depending on the circumstances of your accident and injuries you will be entitled to:
- FREE private medical care and rehabilitation to help you recover fully from your injuries. Treatment will be at no cost to you and will be recovered as part of the settlement of your claim independently of your compensation;
- FREE after the event insurance to protect you if your claim is not successful or a Court ruling goes against you and you are asked to pay for your opponents legal expenses.
If you are found to be eligible, these benefits will be completely free to you and will not affect the amount of compensation you receive. Call us now on 0800 0371260 for a free assessment of your claim or leave your details online.
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