Medical Negligence

Medical negligence is when inappropriate medical treatment can be shown to have contributed to a deterioration of a patient’s condition. The volume of claims resulting from medical negligence has been growing year-on-year for sometime now. About 5% of the time people report suffering from an adverse effect following medical care and an increasing proportion of these result in a claim. To have a successful medical negligence claim it is necessary to prove that there exists a “duty of care”, that there was a “breach of that duty” and the there have been “consequential damages” as a result. Within the NHS the “duty of care” rests with the NHS Trusts (not with individual carers).

Our specialist solicitors provide advice for medical and clinical negligence claims where inappropriate medical treatment can be shown to have contributed to the deterioration of a patient's condition.