Medical Negligence Solicitors Barnsley – No Win No Fee

Medical negligence can have a devastating impact on a victim’s life, affecting their physical and emotional state and, ultimately, their quality of life.

Our team of medical negligence solicitors, Barnsley, believe that all victims of clinical negligence deserve compensation for the pain and suffering they have gone through whilst having access to high-quality medical care and rehabilitation to address their injuries caused by the negligence medical treatment.

If you have been a victim of medical negligence and it led you to suffer an injury, contact us today to discuss your personal injury compensation claim. Our solicitors work on a no win, no fee basis, making it simple for you to instigate a clinical negligence claim.

Examples of Medical Negligence

Clinical negligence can manifest in various forms, as healthcare professionals can make errors or exhibit negligence in different aspects of patient care. There are a wide range of negligence that can lead to claims, including the following:

• Misdiagnosis: This is when a healthcare professional fails to correctly diagnose a patient’s condition, which can lead to further complications or even death. For example, a doctor may misdiagnose a patient’s chest pain as heartburn when it is actually a heart attack.
• Wrongful treatment: This is when a healthcare professional provides the wrong treatment for a patient’s condition, which can also lead to further complications or even death. For example, a doctor may prescribe the wrong medication for a patient’s infection, which can make the condition worse.
• Failure to diagnose: This is when a healthcare professional fails to diagnose a patient’s condition at all, even though the signs and symptoms are present. This can also lead to further complications or even death. For example, a doctor may fail to diagnose a patient’s cancer, which can allow the cancer to spread.
• Failure to treat: This is when a healthcare professional fails to treat a patient’s condition, even though the signs and symptoms are present, and the treatment is available. This can also lead to further complications or even death. For example, a doctor may fail to treat a patient’s pneumonia, which can lead to respiratory failure.
• Failure to obtain informed consent: This is when a healthcare professional fails to get the patient’s consent before providing treatment. This can happen if the patient is not given enough information about the risks and benefits of the treatment or if the patient is not competent to give consent.
• Surgical errors: This includes errors made during surgery, such as leaving a surgical instrument inside the patient’s body, cutting the wrong body part, or damaging a vital organ during emergency or cosmetic surgery.
• Birth injuries: This includes injuries that occur to a baby during childbirth, such as brain damage, spinal cord injuries, and nerve damage.
• Medication errors: This includes mistakes made in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication. Medication errors can lead to serious harm or even death.

It’s important to note that these are just a few examples, and medical negligence can occur in various other contexts and situations. Each negligence case is unique and requires a thorough evaluation by legal and medical professionals to determine if medical negligence has occurred.

What are the time limits for making a claim?

In the UK, there is a time limit for making a medical negligence claim. This is known as the limitation period. The limitation period for clinical negligence compensation claims is three years. This means that you must start your claim within three years of the date of the negligence or three years from the date you first became aware of the negligence.

There are some exceptions to the three-year limitation period. For example, if the claimant is a child, the limitation period does not start until the child turns 18. If the claimant is mentally incapable of bringing a claim, the limitation period does not begin until the claimant regains mental capacity.

Our personal injury lawyers can discuss the specific limitation periods to your case during your initial consultation.

How can Beacon Law assist?

Our team of medical negligence solicitors, Barnsley, can assist with a wide variety of personal injury claims, using their knowledge and expertise to obtain the best settlements for our clients.

We offer our services on a conditional fee agreement (no win, no fee agreement), meaning you don’t have to worry about the costs of making a claim and won’t be required to pay any fees unless your case is successful. Please have a look at the funding section on our website for more information regarding our fees.

To make a claim for medical negligence compensation with Beacon Law, or if you have further queries, please get in touch with our medical negligence lawyers on 0330 1332 857. For cases involving other legal areas, such as commercial law or family law, you can use the Find a Solicitor tool on the law society website.