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Damages can be claimed against any medical or clinical
practitioner after injury through an accident, or substandard
treatment.
All healthcare professionals have a duty to provide
the best possible care and to act in the best interests
of the patient. It means that when something goes wrong,
action can be taken against the doctor, nurse, dentist,
pharmacist, physiotherapist, GP, midwife or anaesthetist
- whoever is responsible.
However, the success of a claim doesn't just depend
on proving that a mistake was made. The healthcare professional
may be able to show that the mistake was one which a
reasonable professional acting in his or her position
could have made. In other words, if he can prove that
he was acting in the patient's best interests and could
not reasonably have foreseen any problems, then a claim
will fail.
Our clinical negligence specialist, Alison Lobb, will
be able to help you establish whether there is a case
to be made - and carry out the claim on your behalf.
Examples:
- A man with a broken shoulder had to wait six months
for an appointment to pin bones together. By this
time, the injury had mended awkwardly and could not
be rectified.
Awarded £2,000.
- A man left with a permanently deformed finger after
hospital staff failed to notice an infection. He now
finds it difficult to carry out his job as an engineer.
Awarded £10,000.
- A patient was left scarred after an instrument
was dropped onto her during an operation. This was
not noticed until after the operation, when a large
blister developed. The patient has been left with
a disfiguring scar.
Award awaited.
For futher information contact:
Alison Lobb.
Tel: 0151 236 8871, Fax: 0151 236 8109 or email: al@morecroft.co.uk
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