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Birmingham Medical Negligence Solicitors – No Win No Fee

Last Updated 12th December 2024. If you’ve suffered harm due to a medical professional breaching their duty of care, you may be able to make a medical negligence claim. Our medical negligence solicitors for Birmingham have years of experience and may be able to help.

In this guide, we will discuss when you could be eligible to make a medical negligence claim and the criteria your case must meet. We will also discuss the different kinds of medical negligence that you could claim for, including negligence by a GP or hospital.

You may be curious about how compensation is calculated in medical negligence claims. We’ll discuss the different types of compensation you could receive if your claim was to succeed and how legal professionals value these heads of claim.

Finally, we will detail the benefits of working with a No Win No Fee solicitor on your claim. Our advisors can answer any questions you may have about working with a medical negligence solicitor when you get in touch today:

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The Key Steps To Making A Medical Negligence Claim

To claim compensation, whether by yourself or with medical negligence solicitors for Birmingham, you must be able to meet certain eligibility requirements. These are:

  1. A medical professional owed you a duty of care.
  2. They breached this duty.
  3. This caused you to experience unnecessary harm.

All medical professionals, regardless of the medical setting they work in, owe their patients a duty of care. Per their duty of care, the treatment they provide must meet the correct standard of care. If they fail to do so, this is considered a breach of duty.

Additionally, you need to ensure you start your claim within the time limit. This is generally 3 years, as stated within the Limitation Act 1980. This can run from the date the medical negligence took place or the date of knowledge; this is the date you realised the harm you suffered was due to the negligent actions of a medical professional.

To see whether one of our solicitors could help you make a claim for compensation, you can contact our advisors.

How To Find Solicitors For Medical Negligence In Birmingham Claims

As stated above, if you suffer harm unnecessarily because you received a substandard level of care from a medical professional, you might be eligible to make a medical negligence claim. However, you will need to prove that it was a breach of duty of care that caused you harm. Although you do not need a solicitor to make a medical negligence claim, legal support could be useful. Medical negligence solicitors could help you gather supporting evidence and establish liability.

You may feel you need to use medical negligence solicitors in Birmingham; however, your solicitor does not need to be based in the same city where the incident occurred. Our solicitors could help you no matter where you are based in the country. Communication between yourself and your solicitor could occur through email, telephone and the post. If you feel it is important to meet your solicitor in person, this can usually be arranged.

Our solicitors can support claims for medical negligence in Birmingham. Their legal representation is typically provided on a No Win No Fee basis, as we will look at later on.

If you want to learn more about making a claim, call our advisors at the number at the top of the screen. They can provide a free claim assessment and, if your claim seems to have a reasonable chance of success, connect you with our solicitors.

Legal Expert’s Research Into Medical Negligence Claims Against Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Legal Expert has found that medical negligence claims cost Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust more than £118k in the past year.

A Freedom of Information request found that 15 claims relating to clinical and medical negligence were lodged against the Trust from July 2022 to July 2023.

During this period, the Trust handled 95 complaints about alleged poor or substandard care. However, the number could be much higher, given that some complaints were recorded under different categories, where aspects of care can still be linked.

If you have suffered avoidable harm after a healthcare professional breached their duty of care to you, our medical negligence solicitors could help you claim compensation.

What Claims Do Our Medical Negligence Solicitors For Birmingham Handle?

If you suffered an injury due to medical negligence, then medical negligence compensation solicitors for Birmingham can help you claim the compensation that you are entitled to. You can call Legal Expert today, and an advisor will be able to speak to you and assess whether or not you have a valid medical negligence claim.

GP Negligence Claims In Birmingham

If you experienced medical negligence in a GP surgery (such as the University Medical Practice in Birmingham) or elsewhere and were injured as a result, the solicitors we can provide you with are able to help you claim compensation.

Hospital Negligence Claims

Were you a victim of medical negligence in an NHS hospital, such as Birmingham City Hospital, or a private hospital, such as BMI The Priory Birmingham? Did it result in a significant injury or worsening of an existing ailment?

Then, we can connect you to our medical negligence solicitors for Birmingham, who can help you with your claim.

Nursing Home and Care Home Negligence Claims

Nursing homes and care homes house and care for particularly vulnerable people, such as the elderly, terminally ill, disabled and mentally incapacitated. If you experienced medical malpractice that was negligent in a care home or nursing home which caused lasting injuries, then you can claim compensation.

You can also claim clinical negligence compensation on behalf of your next of kin who is now deceased or does not have the mental capacity to claim for themselves if they experienced mistreatment in a nursing home.

Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims

Have you suffered, or are you suffering from cancer? If, during the process, you experience a cancer misdiagnosis, this can be a devastating experience. With cancer, every second counts. The earlier you are diagnosed with cancer, the quicker you can get it treated. This could give you a greater chance of making a recovery.

If you have experienced a cancer misdiagnosis and can prove it worsened your condition, you can make a clinical negligence claim. If your next of kin died of cancer and their treatment was delayed because of a cancer misdiagnosis, you could also claim on their behalf. Wherever you are based, the solicitors we can provide can help you get the compensation you are entitled to.

Birth Injury Medical Negligence Compensation Claims

Have you experienced medical negligence during childbirth? If this malpractice resulted in injuries to the child or the mother, then you will probably be able to make a medical negligence compensation claim. Some common childbirth injuries include the breaking of bones, hypoxia (where the infant is deprived of oxygen) and the transmission of infections.

Other injuries can affect the mother. If you, your child or a deceased next of kin suffered birth injuries as the result of medical negligence at the hands of the doctor, midwife or nurse, then we can help you. Legal Expert can help you find the right medical negligence solicitors for Birmingham to manage your case and help you claim the malpractice compensation that you are entitled to.

No Win No Fee Medical Negligence Solicitors For Birmingham

You may be under the impression that it is only possible to work with medical negligence solicitors in Birmingham. However, this is not true. Our compensation solicitors can help you no matter where you are based in the country. Additionally, all of our solicitors could offer a No Win No Fee arrangement.

If they offer you a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA), which is a type of No Win No Fee, this typically means:

  • No upfront fees
  • No ongoing costs to pay
  • Not paying your solicitor’s fees if your claim is unsuccessful

Should your claim succeed, your solicitor will deduct a success fee from your settlement. As the fee is legally capped under the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013, you won’t have to worry about excessive charges.

Get in touch if you would like to work with a No Win No Fee solicitor after a Birmingham incident in which you suffered harm as a result of medical negligence.

Contact Us About Your Clinical Negligence Claim

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We are a trusted legal advisory service that can connect you with specialised No Win No Fee solicitors. Some of these solicitors have over 30 years of experience and can help you receive compensation if you’ve suffered from clinical negligence.

To see if you have a legitimate case and could claim compensation, call us to start your medical negligence claim.

Further Helpful Guides

Birmingham City Hospital
Dudley Rd
Birmingham,
B18 7QH
Tel: 0121 554 3801
Web: www.swbh.nhs.uk/contact-locations/find-us/birmingham-city-hospital/

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green E
Birmingham,
B9 5SS
Tel: 0121 424 2000
Web: www.heartofengland.nhs.uk/

If you have further questions about using medical negligence solicitors for the Birmingham area, contact us today for free legal advice.