TYPES OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

Hospital negligence

NHS hospital negligence

If you have been treated in or under an NHS hospital then whatever the criticisms of your care the Hospital NHS Trust takes responsibility for the treatment you received. The defendant in your medical negligence case is the Hospital NHS Trust. Some hospital negligence cases are dealt with by the NHS Trust themselves, others by the National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHSLA), and others by firms of lawyers or medical negligence lawyers.

Private hospital negligence

If you have been treated in the private sector we need to identify exactly who was responsible for the medical mistakes. The doctors are generally self employed and separately insured, the nurses are likely to be employed by the private hospital and insured by the hospital, the responsibility for the equipment is that of the hospital, responsibility for follow up and referral is the responsibility of the doctor, the physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other professionals may either be employed by the hospital or self employed.

We will identify exactly what went wrong in your treatment and who was responsible for the medical negligence. Your hospital negligence claim is then brought against the appropriate insured defendant.

If you feel you have been a victim of medical negligence whilst being treated in hospital we would recommend you speak to an expert medical negligence lawyers, who can give you advice and guidance on how to make a claim for compensation.

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Making a claim for hospital negligence

The legal process to make a hospital negligence compensation claim is straightforward. We guarantee to you that there will be no cost to you at all whatever the outcome and that you will receive all of your compensation. Find out how to make a medical negligence claim against your hospital. You can also find out how we have helped others make a hospital negligence compensation claim.

How much compensation will I receive?

We can give you a good idea of the likely range of compensation you will receive when we first talk to you. Once we have investigated your case and can fully assess the effects of the medical negligence we can prepare a detailed valuation of your hospital negligence compensation claim.