Medical Negligence Lawyers - Malpractice Lawyer in Northampton UK

Medical Negligence Lawyers, Medical Solicitors, "No Win, No Fee" Medical Negligence Claims, Hospital and GP Claims 

 
Each medical negligence claim has a time limit - the majority of claims have a limitation of three years from the date of the accident, illness or acknowledgment.

There are four major types of anaesthetic injury claims that  Medical Negligence Lawyers deal with more than any others.

They are:

1. Strokes caused by a lack of oxygen during the procedure,
2. Brain damage because the airwaves are not kept open through surgery,
3. Anaesthetic awareness where the patient is not given the right amount of anaesthetic leading to them being aware of the procedure being performed, sometimes feeling the pain of the surgery,
4. Nerve damage caused by poor use of epidurals.

If you or a family member has suffered from an anaesthetic injury during a surgical procedure you should get in touch with Medical Negligence Lawyers as soon as you can who are highly experienced in anaesthetic negligence compensation claims.

Seeking a specialist lawyer who deals exclusively with medical malpractice is the best route to receiving the highest compensation that you deserve.

Address: 37 York Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire,  UK

Phone: +44 800 048 8777

Website: www.medical-negligence-lawyers.co.uk

 

Cian O'Carroll Solicitors - A Medical Negligence & Personal Injury Law Firm

Cian O'Carroll Solicitors, A Medical Negligence & Personal Injury Law Firm: Serving clients nationwide from  offices in Cashel, Co. Tipperary.

An experienced law firm specialising exclusively in medical negligence and personal injury cases.

Specialised in medical negligence law for the victims of medical accidents.

Expert Medical Negligence Legal Advice

 

Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis

Cian O'Carroll Solicitors is a leading provider of expert legal advice to patients who have suffered such harm, including loss of survival.

Maternal Birth Injuries

The largest single cause of injury through medical negligence is gynaecology and obstetric surgery - most often in the course of birth.

Cancer Misdiagnosis 

Cian O'Carroll Solicitors represents clients in a wide range of cancer related cases arising from both mis-diagnosis and delayed diagnosis. Every case is different and each requires  to understand the science behind each client's illness and the negligence that caused or contributed to it.

Road Traffic Accidents

With a wealth of experience in fatal injuries, serious head and spinal injuries and the broad range of personal injury knowledge.

Injury and Illness at Work

With serious injuries in the workplace still occurring at a rate of about 8,000 each year, what are an employer's duties to protect the worker?

Call Freephone 1-800 60-70-80

Address: Friar Street, Cashel, Tipperary

Phone: +353 1800 607 080

Website: www.TIPPLAW.com

Medical Negligence Team

Medical Negligence Team co-founder Dr Anthony Barton has over 20 years’ experience in medical negligence claims and is editor of book "Clinical Negligence" (5th edition).

Medical Negligence includes NHS, GP and Pharmacy mistakes. 

It can be life-changing, but the team of experts can help you make a no-win, no-fee claim and get you the compensation you are entitled to.

Visit Medical Negligence Team website for more information or call +44 800 246 1122 to start your claim.

Website: http://medicalnegligenceteam.com

Address: 

9 Breary Lane,

Leeds, UK

Phone: +44 800 246 1122

Medical Negligence Claims - Medi Claims

With an experienced team of solicitors, Medi Claims aims to provide help, information and compensation for anyone who has suffered due to medical negligence

When we visit the hospital or our GP, we trust that the medical professionals are qualified and skilled to keep us safe and work to achieve the best outcome. 
However, many people are faced with medical negligence.

Cosmetic Dentistry Claims

1) Have you recently undergone Cosmetic Dentistry? 
2) Has the treatment you received been performed poorly, negligently or inappropriately? 
3) Has this caused you any pain and/or suffering?

NCORRECT MEDICAL TREATMENT?

If you have recently had treatment, which you have later discovered from another medical professional that the treatment was incorrect and that you have suffered additional pain and suffering, then you may be able to claim for medical negligence.

To start rebuilding your life, call   0203 781 7781 or visit www.mediclaims.co.uk

How Much is your Medical Negligence Claim Worth? Find out now

Have you or a family member been misdiagnosed, given incorrect advice or treatment by a health professional?

 Take our a test and you could be entitled to £1000’s in compensation

 

 

 Website: http://claimfor.me/medicalnegligence - Medical Negligence Specialists

 

• Mild
  £3,000 - £10,000
 
• Moderate
  £11,000 - £99,000
 
• Severe
  £100,000+

 

Overview of the Legal System

In the current health care environment, an increasing number of patients who believe they have sustained physical or psychological harm (a "bodily injury") as a result of the hospital's or a health care provider's negligence bring claims or lawsuits to recover damages. A number of factors are felt to contribute to patients' decision to sue, such as the experiencing of an unexpected or less than perfect result, or a feeling that they have been treated in an uncaring, rude, unsympathetic and/or less than professional manner. Many believe the most important factor that causes a patient to resort to litigation is a breakdown in the patient-physician relationship. Although some patients have legitimate reasons to bring a claim or lawsuit, much of the increase in litigation is attributable to our living in a society which commonly uses litigation to address any perceived injustice.

Generally, hospitals and health care providers need to be concerned about two types of negligence claims, professional liability (commonly referred to as "medical malpractice") and general liability.
Professional liability, or medical malpractice claims, generally concern allegations of negligence regarding the rendering of professional services which result in bodily injury to the patient. Negligence, in the professional liability setting, is defined as a departure, either by the acts or omissions of a health care provider, from the accepted standards of care.
General liability, or general "negligence" claims, usually concern allegations of negligence regarding the maintenance of the hospital's or a health care provider's buildings and/or property resulting in bodily injury or property damage to a visitor, or less commonly, to a patient. Negligence, in the general liability setting, is defined as the failure to exercise a reasonable degree of care which the law requires to protect others from a foreseeable or unreasonable risk of harm. In a physician's office or the common areas of the hospital (rather than a specific patient room), a number of factors may give rise to a claim for general liability. Most often, general liability claims involve "slips and falls". However, a number of other occurrences can give rise to these types of claims.

Incident Reporting in Healthcare

The hospital's risk management program employs a number of systems to identify and provide notification of incidents or events that have occurred involving patients, visitors, staff, equipment, facilities or grounds which are likely to give rise to potential liability, affect the quality of patient care or affect safety in the hospital. The early identification of such occurrences allows the hospital to immediately investigate the circumstances of the incident, and if necessary, institute corrective action to prevent similar occurrences in the future. One of the systems used to identify and report patient and visitor related occurrences is the hospital's incident report system.
Health care providers and other hospital employees are required to report and complete a Report of Incident form (F-877) regarding any patient or visitor who, while within hospital jurisdiction and/or while on hospital premises, is involved in an occurrence which has caused or has the potential to cause injury or loss or damage to their personal property. This includes incidents where the possibility of injury existed although no injury was actually incurred and those incidents which are inconsistent with the routine care of a particular patient or routine operation of the hospital.
The following are some examples of reportable incidents:

• Error in the care of patients (e.g., errors in the administration of medications, treatments, mismatched transfusions, retained foreign bodies following surgery, etc.).
• Development of conditions seemingly unrelated to the disease for which the patient was admitted (e.g., pressure sores, pediculosis, diarrhea or impetigo in the Newborn Nursery, etc.).
• Adverse or suspected adverse reactions to a manipulative procedure, medication or transfusion.

All health care providers should be familiar with the complete hospital incident reporting procedures which can be found in the Yale New Haven Hospital Administrative Policy and Procedure Manual, I-3. The following is a brief discussion of the procedures involved in incident reporting.
For incidents involving patients, the person completing the Report of Incident form should be the individual who witnessed, first discovered, or is most familiar with the incident. Each section of the form must be completed according to the directions on the form. The report must then be immediately presented to the reporter's supervisor who must then investigate and recommend corrective action. The description of the incident should be a brief narrative which should consist of an objective description of the facts. It should not include the writer's judgment as to the cause of the event. Quotes should be used where applicable with unwitnessed incidents, e.g., "Patient states..." The name of any witnesses should be included on this report. The name of the employee directly involved in the incident can be recorded in the witness space as well, if the employee is not the reporter. The patient must be examined by an appropriate physician, who should complete the appropriate section on the form regarding his or her findings. The Report of Incident form should be completed no later than the end of the shift during which the incident occurred or was discovered to have occurred and must be forwarded to the Central Nursing Office within 24 hours and the Office of Legal Affairs within 48 hours.
All incidents involving visitors must be reported to the supervisor in the area where the incident occurred. A visitor who has sustained an injury while in the hospital should be escorted by a staff member to the Emergency Service for medical attention. If the injured person refuses medical attention, this must be noted on the Report of Incident form.
The Report of Incident form is an administrative document, not part of the medical record. The fact that an Report of Incident form has been completed should not be reflected in the medical record, nor should the report be placed in the medical record. In addition, no copies of the Report of Incident form may be made. An objective description of the incident should be recorded in the medical record by both the medical and nursing staff along with any follow-up observations, diagnostic studies and results, and/or related treatment.
Whenever a patient or visitor incident is of an unusual or serious nature, the Office of Legal Affairs must be called immediately.
If a medical device is involved (caused or contributed to death of, serious injury to, or serious illness of a patient):

• report the incident to Nurse Manager/designee;
• notify the Office of Legal Affairs
• fill out a device incident report form;
• record the manufacturer, model number, serial number, and control number of the equipment on the incident report;
• save the original packing if possible;
• when equipment is involved, impound the equipment, the disposable product used with the equipment, and the packaging materials from the disposable product;
• tag the equipment with a sign that states "EQUIPMENT BROKEN - DO NOT USE";
• notify Medical Engineering that you have a piece of equipment that has been involved in an incident and requires evaluation.

Recommendations for a Healthy Physician - Patient Relationship

Risk management begins the moment a professional relationship is established with a patient. The understanding by, compliance by and satisfaction of any patient ultimately depend on oral and written communication. The following general points will be helpful as you build each physician-patient relationship. The result should be a mutually rewarding experience for both the physician and patient.

1. Introduce yourself to every new patient and describe your relationship with other health care providers, such as students, nurses, physician assistants, residents, fellows, consultants, and the relevant attending, referring and primary care physicians.
2. Address your patients appropriately and modify your greeting as your relationship progresses. It is best to begin with formal titles; then, if both sides are comfortable with doing so, shift to something less formal. If possible, use a translator to help communicate with patients who speak a foreign language with which you are unfamiliar.
3. Sit down close to the bedside, if possible, and make frequent eye contact. Be attentive to the patient's non-verbal communication. Offer your own encouraging feedback through gestures and words.
4. Begin with open-ended questions to allow patients to talk of their symptoms, previous care, impressions of their prognosis, and the role of family members in decision making. Focus questioning to obtain specific information.
5. Ask for the patient's expectations of your care. Involve the patient and family (if the patient so desires) directly in the care as much as possible.
6. Limit the use of medical jargon. Relate information at an appropriate level of understanding for the patient. Use pictures and models to help explain complicated concepts.
7. Provide emotional support to grieving, anxious, frightened, or depressed patients. Reassure your patients that you will be helping them throughout the course of their medical problems and will be available to answer questions as they arise.
8. Be punctual for meetings with patients and families.
9. Avoid criticizing another physician's management of your patient with words or gestures. The other physician may have had different data and resources available at the time of initial decision making. Medical problems usually appear more clearly when viewed retrospectively. Malpractice cases have often been precipitated by criticism of this kind and you may find yourself an expert witness based on your comments.
10. Never guarantee the outcome of a treatment, orally or in writing. Prepare patients for any pain, discomfort, and disability that they can reasonably expect from diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Make clear the necessity and effectiveness of intervention if disability is the expected result. Document these discussions.
11. arise.
12. Send a written summary of your findings and the medical plan to your patient's primary physician following a hospital stay or major office visit. When multiple clinicians are involved, clearly delineate roles among the parties and convey this to the patient in a manner that will facilitate coordination of patient care.
13. When it is necessary to discuss fees, be open and frank concerning the cost of care. Where appropriate, help educate patients concerning today's often confusing health care system. You might consider providing an estimate of the cost of an anticipated course of therapy or operation. However, be careful not to make representations of the prospective cost of hospitalization or other services not within your control.
14. Be aware of the state and federal laws regarding health care law for your patient population. Information on childhood vaccinations, prenatal nutrition programs, Medicare benefits, and other topics are vital for proper care of your patient.
15. Be sure your office staff and answering service treats the patient with courtesy and consideration.

Entries In The Medical Record

The contemporaneous documentation of the informed consent process serves as the foundation for the defense of any subsequent claim by a patient for lack of informed consent. The signature of the patient on a consent form alone is not legally determinative evidence that the patient has given informed consent. Poor or absent documentation will force a physician to testify from recollection about an event which occurred several years previously, which will undermine his or her credibility. In addition, poor or absent documentation may be a significant factor in a patient's attorney's decision to institute a legal action.

To reiterate, the physician who had the discussion with the patient must document the details of the discussion in the patient's medical record. The entry in the medical record regarding the informed consent process should describe the information disclosed to the patient. Avoid the use of summary statements such as "The patient was advised of the potential risks/complications of the operation and alternatives" and instead, note at least some of the actual risks, complications and alternatives discussed with the patient. For example, the entry could state that "information regarding the risks, complications and alternatives were discussed with the patient and/or family, including but not limited to ...", followed by the specific information discussed. Note whether the patient was given any booklets or written material regarding the procedure or treatment. It is also important to document any questions asked by the patient and the answers given.