Hospital Negligence Claims

Hospital Negligence Claims

Everyone will visit a hospital at some point during their lifetime. Visiting for an emergency illness or injury should be a routine experience but unfortunately, sometimes a hospital visit doesn’t go to plan. The impact of a medical mistake can be huge, often leaving the patient with life-altering injuries and losses that cannot be fixed with just an apology.

If mistakes are made at any point in the stay, whether that is a mis-diagnosis, a missed opportunity to treat a serious injury or illness, lack of care causing injury, poorly performed surgery or a delay in treatment that makes your condition worse, you or a loved one may be entitled to make a hospital negligence claim.

Here are some of the common claims relating to hospital negligence…

    Infections caught in hospitals such as MRSA, Clostridium Difficile, and MSSA

    Negligent delay in treatment or surgery

    Pressure or ‘bed’ sores

    Misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose and treat

    Duty of Care Negligence

    Amputation

    Surgical Negligence

    Incorrect medication/treatment given

    A+E Negligence

    Failure to monitor fluid levels

    Errors of omission, including failure to administer antibiotics or thrombo-embolic prophylaxis

Sometimes, other situations may arise that create cause for a claim against a hospital. If you’re not sure if you have a reason for a medical negligence claim, please do contact Hennah Haywood Law for a confidential discussion.