Medical negligence
When treatment falls below an acceptable standard and you’re harmed as a result.
How we can help
- Obtaining and reviewing your full medical records
- Instructing independent medical experts in the relevant specialty
- Establishing both that care was substandard and that it caused your injury
- Pursuing claims against the NHS and private providers
- Recovering the cost of future care, treatment and adaptations
- Supporting you through the complaints process alongside any claim
What happens next
- Tell us what happened and sign an authority so we can obtain your records.
- We review them and, where there is a case, instruct an independent expert.
- If the expert supports the claim we put it to the provider and negotiate.
Fees for this work
Medical negligence claims are expensive to investigate, and we will be candid about prospects before running up costs.
Common questions
Isn't it just a bad outcome?
Frequently, yes — medicine carries risk, and a poor outcome is not automatically negligence. The test is whether the care fell below the standard of a responsible body of practitioners, and whether that failing caused your injury. Both have to be proved.
How long do I have?
Generally three years from the treatment, or from when you first knew the injury was linked to it. Cases involving children or people who lack capacity are treated differently. Records are harder to obtain as time passes, so early advice matters.
Will suing affect my ongoing care?
It should not, and NHS trusts are used to claims being brought. If you are concerned about continuing under the same clinicians, that can usually be addressed.
Should I complain first?
A complaint is not required before a claim, but the response can be genuinely useful evidence. We can advise on running the two in parallel.
Tell us what's happened
Confidential, reviewed by a solicitor, answered within one working day.