The care and treatment we all receive in the NHS and at private clinics is often exemplary and the outcome a good one. Sometimes however medical accidents do occur and for reasons of negligence.
Negligence in a clinical setting can arise from a number of situations. Perhaps the most common example of clinical negligence is where there has been a failure to diagnose an illness and that failure has resulted in a poor outcome for the patient. Other examples of medical negligence include prescribing the wrong medication or not warning of the risks of certain treatment; carelessly performing surgical procedures or carrying out a procedure without the necessary experience.
Clinical negligence can also arise from an institutional failure to provide care. For example where blood samples are lost; where follow up appointments not made and where a hospital has failed to inform a GP of a necessary treatment regime.
Medical negligence is not limited to doctors but includes nurses, midwifes and other professionals allied to medicine.
If you believe you may have a claim arising from medical negligence please contact our personal injury solicitors by telephone on 0141 332 0913 or by e-mail to arrange a free initial consultation.