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Hemel Hempstead Medical Negligence Solicitors No Win No Fee

By Stephen Frost. Before you engage a firm of medical negligence solicitors in Hemel Hempstead to represent you in a personal injury claim, you should read the contents of this page. You will find plenty of info on how to choose a good legal team.

Medical negligence solicitors Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Hempstead Medical Negligence Solicitors

In every successful compensation claim for clinical negligence breach of duty must be proven. The case needs to do the following:

  • Prove that the medical negligence was caused by a medical professional with a duty to care for the patient’s health
  • Prove that this breach of duty was the cause of harm to the patient
  • It also needs to prove that the breach of duty was avoidable.

Medical negligence can cause harm in a number of ways, such as:

  • Injuries sustained through an accident or mistake.
  • Worsening of a medical condition.
  • Developing additional medical conditions.
  • Psychological damage from shock, stress and trauma.

Clinical negligence can take many forms, the most common of these being:

  • Failing to provide an adequate level of care.
  • Misdiagnosing a medical condition or diagnosing it late.
  • Accidents and mistake during an operation.
  • Incorrectly administered treatment.
  • Wrongly prescribed medication.

Finding the Best Medical Negligence Solicitors in Hemel Hempstead

Legal Expert operates a national medical negligence claims service which is available to people in Hemel Hempstead and all across the UK. Our track record goes back more than three decades, and during this time we have successfully won compensation for our clients across a very wide range of clinical negligence cases.

If, after reading this guide, you still have any questions about making a medical negligence claim in Hemel Hempstead, please get in touch with us. You can contact us by phone on 0800 073 8804. You can also reach us online by using our live chat service or our claim online form.

What to Consider When Choosing a Solicitor

If you are asking the question ‘how do I find the best solicitors near me?’, then you need to take a step back and reconsider. Location is not as important as finding a solicitor with experience in claiming compensation for medical negligence. Any good negligence solicitor will be able to answer yes to the following three questions:

1) Can you take on my case under a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA)?

2) Can you arrange for me to get a local medical examination?

3) Have you won similar cases in the last two years?

A simpler way to find medical negligence solicitors for Hemel Hempstead claims is to use the Legal Expert claims service. It is available all across the UK. We will be able to put you in touch with the best solicitor for your case.

Are the Best Solicitors Near Me?

Although it is possible the best solicitor is near you, it is unlikely. When seeking a good legal firm to represent you in a clinical negligence claim, the experience and capabilities of the firm are more important considerations than the location.

Legal Expert operates a national claims service, and we can communicate using Skype, email, phone or other methods so you can contact us no matter where you are.

Solicitor Reviews Can be Helpful in Selecting Your Solicitor

If somebody takes the time to review a solicitor, then this is a good source of information. However, remember that some reviews can be untruthful or even completely fake. It is best that you check any facts you get from online review sites with friends, family and co-workers if possible. That way you can find out if they have had experience of dealing with the specific solicitor, and whether their experience correlates with the review.

Medical Negligence Claims Our Team Can Help With

Legal Expert has masses of experience in NHS complaints and compensation cases. We have a proven history of winning substantial compensation awards for our clients.

Below we have outlined some of the more common types of cases we encounter. However, this doesn’t cover every type of case, so if none of them fit your situation, then please call us to discuss your claim.

Medical Negligence at Birth

When medical negligence at birth occurs, it can injure the mother, baby or both. The mother may be at risk of fairly minor injuries such as perineal tears, or damage to pelvic floor muscles. The baby is at much greater risk, the most serious of potential issues are stillbirth negligence cases.

Is your family dealing with the tragedy of coming to terms with the aftermath of childhood negligence leading to a stillbirth? Legal Expert can help you claim the maximum amount of compensation you are entitled to.

Cancer Medical Negligence Claims

Advanced cases of cancer require the patient to receive treatment as soon as possible, in order to have the highest chance of survival. Misdiagnosis, or some other form of negligence that causes a delay in treatment can be lethal.

Legal Expert can help the dependants of a cancer victim to make cancer medical negligence claims in the Hemel Hempstead area, and all across the UK.

When is a Hospital Negligent?

To answer the question, when is a hospital negligent?, the following list gives several examples:

  • When an accident or mistake during surgery harms a patient.
  • If critical treatment is delayed without good reason.
  • When treatment is administered wrongly harming the patient.

These are the most common ways that negligence occurs in a hospital, there are more. Call Legal Expert today, no matter where you are located in the UK, to find out how we can help you claim for hospital negligence.

Dental Negligence Claims UK

When it comes to making UK dental negligence claims, residents need to understand something if the injury they have sustained has caused cosmetic damage to the face or teeth. Their negligence solicitor should be familiar with claiming for more intangible symptoms such as psychological trauma and stress.

Legal Expert knows that when we make a dental negligence claim, we may need to arrange for an independent evaluation of the victim’s psychological health to support the case.

GP & Doctor Negligence Claims

Proving liability in a GP or doctor negligence case can be difficult. Your GP is responsible for making the initial diagnosis of your condition. However, because they are generalists, they lack the specialist knowledge to deal with exotic medical conditions. Therefore, proving they were negligent is tricky, as they are not expected to know everything about every illness.

Legal Expert can arrange for you to get a local medical examination, which we can use to create a medical opinion to support your case.

Care Home Negligence Cases

In the majority of care home negligence cases, the root cause is a lowering in the standard of care due to staff overwork or insufficient training. This can lead to residents coming to harm through some sort of accident such as a slip, trip or fall due to insufficient supervision. It can also cause medical conditions to go unnoticed by care staff.

If you need to claim compensation for negligence in a care home that has affected a relative, the Legal Expert claims service is available to residents of Hemel Hempstead and the whole of the UK.

Statistics for Medical Negligence Claims Against West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

The NHS has published data for the 2019/20 period which shows how many claims were made against different NHS trusts in that period and how much they paid out to claimants. It is West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust which is involved in claims made against NHS health service providers within Hemel Hempstead. The NHS data mentioned above reveals the following for the 2019/20 period:

  • 42 claims were made against this particular NHS trust.
  • The trust spent a total of £16,399,998 on resolving personal injury claims made against it.
  • Out of all the money spent by the trust on resolving claims, £11,812,529 was given to compensate claimants.
  • The trust also spent £880,373 alone towards its legal costs.

No Win No Fee Medical Negligence Claims

Legal Expert offers residents of Hemel Hempstead and the whole of the UK access to our national medical negligence claims service to make No Win No Fee negligence claims.

Under a No Win No Fee deal you don’t pay anything at all while we pursue your claim, and we only charge a fee when you are awarded compensation, so there is no risk at all to you financially. Feel free to contact us now to get connected with medical negligence solicitors for Hemel Hempstead claims.

Start a Medical Negligence Claim

Are you ready to begin a claim for medical negligence? If you are, then call Legal Expert right now on 0800 073 8804. We will take all the main details of your case, and then give you some free legal advice on what to do next.

Helpful Links

Below, we’ve included links to other guides related to medical negligence claims which you may find useful:

How to make negligence claims against the NHS

At the above link, we have published a full guide to claiming medical negligence compensation from the NHS.

How Much Compensation Can I Claim For A Hospital Infection?

This guide talks about your legal options if you suffer an infection due to negligent behaviour by a hospital.

Cosmetic Surgery Claims Explained

Read this guide if you want to learn more about claiming compensation if you are harmed by negligent behaviour during a cosmetic surgery procedure.

Further Helpful Guides

Local Hemel Hempstead Medical Centres

Hemel Hempstead Hospital

Hillfield Road

Hemel Hempstead

Herts

HP2 4AD

Tel: 01442 213141

Web: https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/default.asp

Breakspear Medical

Wood Lane

Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire

HP2 4FD

Tel: 01442 261 333

Dr R Mapara & Partners

Fernville Surgery

Midland Road

Hemel Hempstead

HP2 5BL

Tel: 01442 213919

Alexandra Dental

98 Alexandra Road

Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire

HP2 4AG

Tel: 01442 256335

Thank you for reading our guide on making a personal injury claim with Hemel Hempstead medical negligence solicitors.