Introduction:

These days most medical and nursing treatment is of a high technical standard and carried by dedicated professionals heath service staff unfortunately mistakes happen.

Not all the unfortunate or disappointing results to treatment are the fault of the healthcare professionals. Patients or relatives of the Patients are warned of some serious risks that all treatment carries. Even though law awards compensation for the loss if it can be proved that the treatment was negligent – meaning the standard of care fell below the standard generally accepted to be reasonable for that area of medicine.

A guide to the Law for medical negligence

Points required demonstrating that medical treatment was negligent.

The patient has to prove that the clinical practitioner has been negligent and the treatment given by him was of not up to accepted standards generally maintained in medical procedure.

Even if patient's medical records can show that the standard of care was negligent, still have to prove that the injury was directly linked with the negligence, because Sometimes there can a difference of Medical opinion over treatment for a particular ailment, and The defendant medical practitioner may take it as an opportunity and try to prove the injury arose from the illness itself and not from the treatment. Then there will be medical assessment by "a responsible body specialists".

Information about different kinds of medical negligence cases and how to initiate compensation claim.

Birth Injuries
Misdiagnosis
Surgical Errors
Medical Establishments
General Clinical Negligence Issues

Advice on how to begin legal action

It is always better to recheck before to begin legal action, was there any misunderstanding or communication gap? Can it be resolved even at this stage?

If not, you should make a formal complaint about GP to the Practice Manager and about the hospital to the Complaints Manager.

Wait for the response and don't get, then Law provides a right to claim for a compensation for the injury/harm or even death because of the negligence of a doctor/staff or health care provider during the treatment.

Next step is to consult a "Medical Negligence Solicitor" without any delay, because a lot more things will be involved in the legal proceedings in these medical negligence cases. You need to select your solicitor on the basis of specific experience in medical negligence field to have a successful claim. Most of the solicitors are following "no win no fee" policy theses days.

You have to collect all the medical records got during the treatment and submit to your solicitor, so that he can fight with a perfect planning and execution.

Time limits for bringing a court action to make a medical negligence claim

It is generally within three years of the date you first knew, or could genuinely have been anticipated to know, that you have suffered an injury caused through someone else's mistake. But the court has circumspection in relaxation of time limit.

For injury to children, proceedings have to be started before the 21st birthday. Time does not run out while a person is mentally incapable.

Medical Negligence - Basically medical negligence is nothing but an unnecessary and avoidable suffering or death of the patient, occurred because of the treatment below the accepted standards in Medical Practice. For more details visit http://www.medicalnegligencecare.co.uk