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Although commercial surrogacy businesses have long been banned in the UK, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a ground-breaking case that a clinical negligence victim will not be breaking...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/commercial-surrogacies-abroad-are-not-illegal-court-of-appeal-ruling/
When disturbed patients are committed to mental hospitals, the hospital staff are under a duty to protect them from themselves. A failure to do so meant that a man who...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/mental-patient-injured-in-leap-from-hospital-roof-wins-millions-from-nhs/
Litigation takes time but, as a High Court case showed, specialist lawyers are more than capable of obtaining interim compensation awards so that negligence victims can have their pressing needs...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/negligence-victims-your-needs-can-be-met-sooner-than-you-think/
Hospital accident and emergency departments work under intense pressure but, if negligent mistakes are made, it is only right that compensation is paid. In a case on point, a boy...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/brain-infection-boy-sent-home-by-hospital-wins-5-25-million/
In order to succeed in a ‘secondary victim’ claim as a result of clinical negligence it is necessary to establish that the claimant suffered psychiatric illness or injury – as...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/mother-of-disabled-child-ruled-a-primary-victim-of-hospital-negligence/
Some clinical negligence cases are trickier than others but, even where proof is hard to come by, specialist lawyers are more than capable of changing lives by negotiating valuable settlements....
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/clinical-negligence-lawyers-cut-through-difficulties-to-change-lives/
Hospital accident and emergency (A&E) departments work under intense pressure but, if negligent mistakes are made, it is only right that compensation is paid. In a case on point, a...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/5-25-million-in-compensation-for-brain-infection-boy-sent-home-by-ae/
Not every medical procedure goes according to plan and, when patients suffer due to clinical negligence, it is only right that they should be compensated. In a case on point,...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/woman-wins-compensation-following-disastrous-gastric-bypass-surgery/
If your child is born disabled, taking legal advice is very often the only way to find out for sure whether medical negligence is to blame. The point was made...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/medical-negligence-legal-advice-is-the-best-way-of-uncovering-the-truth/
Hospital delivery rooms can sadly be scenes of tragedy as well as joy, and that was certainly so in one case in which a new mother was given the option...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/family-of-girl-injured-at-birth-secures-compensation-settlement/
Clinical negligence cases are about ensuring that victims are justly compensated – but they can also benefit the medical profession by exposing poor practice. That was certainly so in one...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/clinical-negligence-case-exposes-neurosurgeons-hazardous-practice/
Babies are very vulnerable in their first few days of life and, if things go wrong because of negligence on the part of medical personnel, it is only right that...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/girl-struck-by-streptococcus-bug-soon-after-birth-wins-3-5-million/
Hospitals can be dangerous places and clinical mishaps are not the only hazard that patients can face. In one case, lawyers representing a woman who fell out of her hospital...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/patient-who-fell-out-of-hospital-bed-wins-seven-figure-damages/
In an ever smaller world, medical and other professionals must be able to conquer language barriers, and a failure to do so can be negligent. In a recent case, the...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/midwives-who-failed-to-deal-with-language-barrier-ruled-negligent/
Becoming a parent should be a joyful moment but, unfortunately, things do not always go according to plan. If your child is born disabled after doctors negligently fail to spot...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/parents-triumph-in-rare-wrongful-birth-compensation-claim/
The NHS treats thousands of patients with great skill every day but, when mistakes are made, it is only right that those affected are properly compensated. In one case, a...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/radiotherapy-overdose-victim-awarded-7-million-nhs-compensation/
Patients have an absolute right to be fully informed of all the risks before undergoing surgery. In one case where that did not happen, a teacher who was left paralysed...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/lack-of-informed-consent-to-surgery-leads-to-4-4-million-damages-award/
Giving birth is normally a happy event but, if things go wrong and your baby is injured, taking expert legal advice is the first step towards fair compensation. In one...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/girl-awarded-seven-figure-compensation-for-birth-injuries/
Negligent acts that take place in just seconds or minutes can have life-changing consequences, but expert lawyers can painstakingly reconstruct such incidents years after the event. This is illustrated by...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/negligent-acts-can-take-just-seconds-but-resound-for-a-lifetime/
The few moments it takes for a baby to be born can resonate for a lifetime if the delivery is blighted by negligence. In one case, a teenager who suffered...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/rugby-playing-teenager-wins-500000-for-birth-injuries/
Despite the legal profession’s attempts to publicise the services they can provide, some negligence victims still suffer in silence, often for years, in the false belief that they cannot afford...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/victims-of-negligence-need-not-suffer-in-silence/
Compensation in clinical negligence cases can enable families to remain together and provide a better quality of life for even the most severely injured. That was certainly so in one...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/compensation-funds-care-at-home-for-injured-woman/
Errors or delays in diagnosis can lead to tragic consequences and, when this is due to the negligence of medical staff, compensation may be warranted. In one case, four children...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/four-children-of-cervical-cancer-victim-receive-215000-nhs-payout/
When doctors failed to ascertain a baby’s position before a forceps delivery, the terrible result was an acute spinal cord injury to the baby, leaving him quadriplegic and unable to...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/failure-to-ascertain-babys-position-leads-to-catastrophic-injury/
The NHS generally does a good job in difficult circumstances, but medical blunders do occur and it is only right that those who suffer are compensated. In one case, a...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/woman-wins-580000-following-cervical-cancer-diagnosis-blunders/
Damages awards to clinical negligence victims may appear very large but, given the cost of funding care regimes, they are no higher than is absolutely necessary. In one case, a...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/six-year-old-jaundice-victim-wins-9-million-compensation-package/
Hand sanitiser is widely used in hospitals to try to combat the spread of infection, but its use is not without risk, as a recent case involving a vulnerable patient...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/family-compensated-after-pensioners-hospital-death/
General practitioners are most patients’ first port of call and mistakes they make can have devastating consequences. In one case, a man who was left paralysed by spinal tuberculosis won...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/spinal-tuberculosis-victim-wins-right-to-seven-figure-settlement/
Knee and hip replacements are among the most common procedures carried out on the NHS and can bring great improvements to quality of life. However, they do occasionally go wrong...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/patient-awarded-compensation-following-botched-knee-replacement/
Medical negligence cases are often far from straightforward, but specialist lawyers are trained to achieve the best possible outcome for victims. In one case, a 10-year-old boy was guaranteed a...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/nhs-admits-negligent-failure-to-ensure-baby-boy-was-feeding-properly/
Accident and Emergency department medics work long hours under pressure – but the law still expects them to maintain reasonable levels of competence. The Court of Appeal made that point...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/teenage-meningitis-victim-due-full-compensation-from-nhs/
The diagnostic skills of GPs are the backbone of the NHS, but they are not infallible and it is only right that compensation is paid when negligent mistakes are made....
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/judge-awards-damages-for-misdiagnosed-skin-cancer/
Those who suffer psychiatric injury as a result of witnessing shocking events that are caused by negligence can win substantial compensation. In one case that proves the point, the mother...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/mother-and-grandmother-win-damages-after-traumatic-birth/
Some medical negligence cases throw up greater difficulties than others, but solicitors are used to dealing with such claims and you should not be discouraged from seeking compensation. In one...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/family-of-cancer-victim-win-compensation-after-hospital-blunder/
Every surgical procedure requires the patient’s informed consent and, if that is not given, compensation is payable whether or not an operation is negligently performed. In one High Court case...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/surgery-gone-wrong-did-you-give-fully-informed-consent/
The NHS is under a duty to take all reasonable steps to prevent mentally ill people under its care from harming themselves. In one case that illustrated this point, the...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/nhs-pays-262000-to-family-of-patient-who-took-his-own-life/
Busy doctors do their best in what are often difficult circumstances, but mistakes that they make can have dreadful consequences. When this happens, it is only right that compensation should...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/new-mother-due-nhs-payout-after-post-operative-infection-triggered-stroke/
Obtaining compensation from the NHS if you are a victim of medical negligence may not always be easy, but one case involving a seriously disabled 14-year-old boy showed that specialist...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/boy-injured-at-birth-wins-compensation-battle/
With the benefit of professional legal advice, a mother who had to learn to walk again after a dental infection spread to her brain has won £40,000 in compensation from...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/brain-infection-victim-wins-40000-from-negligent-dentist/
Doctors bear a heavy burden but everyone is entitled to expect that the advice and treatment they give is competent. In one case, a widow whose husband spent years in...
https://www.medicalaccidentexperts.co.uk/library/medical-negligence/repeat-prescriptions-reduced-family-man-to-zombie-like-state/
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