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Jarrow Medical Negligence Solicitors – No Win No Fee Claims Guide

In this guide, we aim to provide information on finding the best medical negligence solicitors for Jarrow. If you’ve experienced medical negligence, you may wish to seek legal representation to help you get the compensation you deserve. Our guide will explore the benefits of a solicitor with experience handling clinical negligence claims.

Have you experienced medical negligence whilst under the care of a healthcare provider? Did you sustain avoidable or further harm due to a trained medical professional failing to provide you with the correct level of care? If so, our guide could help you understand how a solicitor could help you seek medical negligence compensation.

We’ll explore some of the ways our solicitors could help you. For instance, offering a No Win No Fee agreement and using their experience handling medical negligence claims to help you navigate the often complex process.

medical negligence solicitors Jarrow

Additionally, we’ll look at the types of claims our solicitors could handle. As well as what your final compensation settlement may comprise.

Despite the information we’ve aimed to provide you within our guide, we expect you may still have questions. If so, please contact our team using the details below for further guidance:

Read The Sections Below For More Information

  1. Are Clinical And Medical Negligence The Same?
  2. How To Find Specialist Medical Negligence Solicitors For The Jarrow Area
  3. Claims Our Medical Negligence Solicitors For Jarrow Team Can Handle
  4. What Steps Do I Need To Take To Build A Strong Medical Negligence Claim? 
  5. How Many Claims Were Made Against South Tyneside And Sunderland Nhs Foundation Trust?
  6. What Will My Medical Negligence Compensation Claim Comprise?
  7. No Win No Fee Clinical And Medical Negligence Solicitors For Jarrow
  8. Call Our Team Today
  9. Additional Helpful Guides And Healthcare Services For Jarrow

Are Clinical And Medical Negligence The Same?

Clinical or medical negligence is a term commonly used to refer to circumstances in which a healthcare or medical practitioner (such as a nurse, dentist, paramedic or doctor) has caused you harm that could have been avoided.

All medical professionals have a responsibility to treat you with the correct standard of care. If they fail to do so and the harm you suffered could otherwise have been avoided, you could be owed damages for that harm.

The harm you could sustain from medical negligence may vary in severity depending on the specific circumstances. Furthermore, the amount of compensation paid out in No Win No Fee clinical negligence claims may vary depending on your injury or illness severity.

It’s important to note that harm isn’t always avoidable, and some complications can’t always be prevented.

However, if you have evidence that the harm you sustained in a private hospital or NHS organisation, our team could help you claim the physical, mental, and even the financial impact it’s had on you.

Our medical negligence solicitors for Jarrow could accurately value your compensation package for claims such as:

  • Cancer misdiagnosis claims
  • Medical misdiagnosis claims
  • GP negligence
  • Cosmetic surgery claims
  • Medical negligence eye claims
  • Medical negligence claims for an ectopic pregnancy

Get in touch for more information. Alternatively, please read the remainder of our guide to learn more about medical negligence cases.

How To Find Specialist Medical Negligence Solicitors For The Jarrow Area

For any claim, including medical negligence, it’s important that you find a solicitor who is best qualified to carry out the legal action you need them to.

Whilst claimants often think they should use a ‘solicitor in my area‘ to handle their claim. This is not the case. Instead, consider other things when deciding which clinical negligence solicitor you want to handle your case. For instance:

  1. Find out if the solicitor has conducted a similar case within the past twelve months and how the case was resolved.
  2. Look at how their fees work and whether they can offer to handle your claim on a No Win No Fee basis.
  3. Look at what other services they can offer you, such as helping you obtain medical evidence.

Does The Location Of Your Solicitor Matter?

There are some questions which our team are frequently asked. One of these is “do I need to use a solicitor in my area?” Even just a few years ago, it may have been more advisable to work with solicitors or lawyers who are based closer to you.

Whilst there may be medical negligence solicitors in Jarrow who could handle your claim, limiting your search to just this area means you may not get the person best qualified to handle your claim.

However, today this does not have to be the case. Instead, you can look further afield to find a solicitor best equipped with the knowledge to handle your claim.

For instance, our solicitors have the experience needed to help you get the compensation you deserve and can keep you updated on your claim by phone, post, or email rather than face to face.

Additionally, in many cases, you will need to have a medical exam to provide evidence for your case. The doctors we partner within your area include the following;

Rizwan Shafiq
Sunderland Regus Office,
4 Admiral Way,
Doxford International Business Park
Sunderland
SR3 3XW

Ian Watson
Millfield Medical Centre
63-83 Hylton Road
Sunderland
SR4 7AF

These are examples of the doctors we work with. However, you may be seen by a different medical professional.

Are Reviews Helpful When Choosing A Solicitor To Represent Your Clinical Negligence Claim?

A common way of finding any professional service is to look at reviews when looking for a solicitor to handle your medical negligence case.

You can often find medical negligence solicitors reviews both online and offline. However, when you do look at reviews, try to find ones that are relatively recent and have dealt with cases similar in nature to your own.

When you look at solicitor reviews in the UK, also look at the general services they can provide to you and how they provide these services.

If you’d like to find out more about the services our solicitors can offer, see the reviews left on our page by previous clients.

Claims Our Medical Negligence Solicitors For Jarrow Team Can Handle

We can help people in a plethora of different circumstances following negligence, such as those making claims for:

  • Malpractice in the administration of cancer treatments
  • Injuries to mothers or babies during pregnancy and childbirth
  • Dental negligence claims
  • Optician negligence claims
  • Medical negligence claims against the NHS
  • Surgical negligence claims

In the following sections, we look in brief detail at some of the more common types of claims which our medical negligence solicitors for Jarrow could help with.

This list is neither exhaustive nor extensive, so if the circumstances which led to your injury are not listed, contact us to discuss your claim.

Compensation For Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims

Whether in the private sector or the NHS, doctors and medics always strive to provide their patients with the correct standard of medical care. But, this does not mean that accidents don’t happen on occasion, and harmful mistakes that could have been avoided are made.

If things have gone wrong whilst you were undergoing treatment for your cancer, you could be able to make a cancer negligence claim.

As cancer is a very serious disease with serious and even potentially fatal consequences, it can be distressing for you and those around you when things go wrong. You could be left feeling upset and angry, all of which can be taken into account as part of the pain and suffering experienced in your claim.

However, there are things you can do to take action if your hospital or doctor lets you down. As well as claiming damages, you can also make a complaint to the healthcare provider directly so that action is taken to ensure those circumstances do not happen again to another patient.

Birth Negligence Claims

If, during your pregnancy or the birth itself, either you or your child sustains harm that could have been avoided, the effects can be devastating.

This type of injury can be caused by errors and mistakes made at any point during your pregnancy or the birthing process. A routine procedure may not have been carried out correctly early on, leading to complications later down the line.

Additionally, doctors may not have adequately monitored the pregnancy, causing illness or other harm.

The effect of the birth injury may extend past the baby or mother and also affect the rest of their family as well. If you as an individual or a family have been through trauma or injury caused by medical negligence during pregnancy or delivery of a child, please contact our team.

GP Negligence Claims

Your family doctor and the other healthcare professionals who work at your local GP Surgery are often the first port of call when you feel ill or have a minor injury.

As the gateway to healthcare services (whether in the private sector or in the NHS), we need doctors to correctly identify any medical issues.

Your GP is responsible for taking reasonable steps to detect the early signs of many common forms of illness, referring people to specialists or further testing.

In general, people can expect to be given the correct level of medical care. But on occasion, mistakes and errors which could have been avoided are made.

The effect of errors by a GP could lead to physical harm, or it could lead to psychological or mental health harm. In such cases, you could have the grounds to claim for GP negligence.

Medical Negligence Claim Against Care Home

Nursing homes and care homes, whether for temporary respite or for permanent residence, have a responsibility to uphold their duty of care to the residents. They have an obligation to take reasonable steps to keep people safe.

For numerous people up and down the country, this has not been the case, and vulnerable people have been harmed in many ways.

There are a variety of different ways in which residents of a care home could come to harm by medical negligence. For instance, a doctor or nurse working in the care home failing to monitor patients correctly, leading to:

  • Bedsores and pressure sores across the body
  • Dehydration or malnutrition
  • Injury caused by falls due to a general lack of being supervised,
  • Further harm due to failing to ensure people have taken the correct medicine

If you or someone you know has been harmed whilst in a care home, our medical negligence solicitors for Jarrow could help.

Dental Medical Negligence Claims

If you have a problem with your teeth or any other aspect of your oral health, your local dentist may be your first port of call for treatment. Furthermore, you need to be able to trust that your dentist is competent and that they are providing you with the right care when you need it.

However, in some cases, the correct care isn’t provided leading to dental injuries such as:

  • Damage to the nerves in the jaw, mouth, or the rest of the face.
  • Not carrying out the right treatment when choosing between extraction or a root canal.
  • Failing to diagnose or provide treatment for gum disease.
  • Not correctly administering anaesthetic.

In cases where you’ve experienced dental negligence, you could put forward a claim for compensation.

Hospital Negligence Claims

Hospitals provide care across the board. They are there for every type of illness or injury. However, in some cases, trained medical professionals may provide the incorrect level of care leading to further or avoidable harm.

Some of the most frequent types of issues that are raised in claims include:

  • Infections acquired in a hospital, including MRSA, MSSA, and CD.
  • Delays to testing, surgery, or other holdups in treatment.
  • Pressure and bedsores.
  • Failing to diagnose an illness and start treatment.
  • Wrongful amputations.
  • Wrong-site surgery or other surgical errors.
  • Not monitoring levels of fluids, dehydration, or inadequate nutrition.

If you’re unsure whether you experienced negligence, please contact our team to discuss whether you could claim. Additionally, you could check whether our medical negligence solicitors for Jarrow could help.

What Steps Do I Need To Take To Build A Strong Medical Negligence Claim?

There are certain steps you can take to ensure you build a strong claim to get the compensation you deserve. The following sections will explore the steps you can take in more detail.

However, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our team on the number above.

Obtain Medical Evidence

When determining whether a trained medical professional failed to provide you with the correct level of care, it can be helpful to provide evidence in the form of previous medical records.

The following records could help to highlight whether reasonable steps were taken to prevent you from sustaining further or avoidable harm:

  • Patient records from the doctor or hospital
  • Prescriptions you were prescribed
  • Details of any treatment or diagnosis you received

Additionally, an additional medical exam may be conducted to create a report detailing the current state of your injuries or condition. This might be particularly useful if the incident in which you sustained harm happened a while ago.

If you have any questions regarding medical evidence, please contact an advisor to see if a solicitor could help.

Seek Legal Advice

We understand that when dealing with the repercussions of an illness or injury, you may find the process of claiming compensation overwhelming.

Additionally, the medical negligence claim process can often seem complex. For that reason, you may find it beneficial to seek legal advice.

For instance, a solicitor could help you access the medical evidence you need to put forward a strong claim.

Additionally, they could use their expert knowledge to guide you through the process and keep you updated at each stage of your claim.

All of our medical negligence solicitors for Jarrow have experience handling claims similar to your own.

If you’d like to learn more about working with one of our solicitors, get in touch with our team on the number above.

How Many Claims Were Made Against South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust?

Taking figures from the NHS Trust and Authority Claims Data we have created the table below.

The table shows the volume of claims lodged against the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. Figures are for the number of claims made, and the amount of compensation paid out.

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Healthcare Provider Successful Clinical Claims 2019/2020 Total Paid in Damages, Claimant and NHS Legal Costs
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 70 £6,445,890

What Will My Medical Negligence Compensation Claim Comprise?

In this section, we’ll look at what each clinical negligence claim compensation package may comprise.

However, it’s important to note that each claim is unique. For that reason, the settlement you receive will vary depending on the specific nature of your case.

General Damages

As part of the medical negligence claims process, you’re entitled to seek compensation for the pain and suffering you’ve endured as a result of your physical and psychological injuries. You may claim these under general damages.

In order to accurately calculate the value of your injuries, several factors will be considered. For instance, medical evidence may be used to determine how severe the injury is and the impact they’ve had on your quality of life.

Additionally, a document called the Judicial College Guidelines may be used to help when valuing your claim.

Special Damages

We understand that the incident in which you sustained harm may have also caused financial challenges. For that reason, you could seek reimbursement for any past and future monetary losses you’ve faced under special damages.

As an example, you may have been left unable to work either permanently or temporarily. In these instances, you could seek compensation for the loss of earnings you’ve incurred.

Additionally, you may have required additional care to assist you while you’re recovering. If so, you could claim back the cost of this.

Please be aware that you will need to provide evidence, such as receipts or payslips to prove any losses you’ve faced.

For more information on the additional costs your claim may comprise, please get in touch with our team on the number above.

No Win No Fee Clinical And Medical Negligence Solicitors For Jarrow

In most cases, our solicitors could take your claim on a No Win No Fee basis. This agreement states that you won’t pay solicitor fees if your claim is unsuccessful.

If your solicitor wins, the success fee you pay is deducted from your final settlement figure. However, your solicitor will make you aware of the fee before you agree to start your claim with them on this basis.

Additionally, you could avoid upfront costs normally required for a solicitor to start work on your claim. Also, you could avoid any costs that may incur while your claim is ongoing.

For more information on whether one of our solicitors could represent you via this agreement, see below for how to get in touch.

Call Our Team Today

To find out whether you could start your claim with our medical negligence solicitors for Jarrow, you just need to get in touch with our team. Contact us via the following details:

Additional Helpful Guides And Healthcare Services For Jarrow

In this section, we have recommended several other guides on different forms of medical negligence claims. As well as external resources that could help.

Cosmetic Surgery Claims

If cosmetic procedures or surgeries do go wrong, they can have effects that may be devastating physically or psychologically. Our guide could help you understand the steps you could take to seek compensation.

Botox Injury Claims

Botox does not always have to be provided by a medical professional. As such, errors and mistakes may be more common. See our guide for more information.

Wrong-site Surgical Negligence Claims

See our guide on how much compensation you could seek after experiencing a never event.

Further Medical Negligence Articles

External Resources

The NHS Resolution is often involved with claims against the NHS. See their website for more information.

Visit the government website for more information on your patient rights as stipulated in the NHS Constitution for England.

Medical Facilities Covering The Jarrow Area

The Pennine Acute Hospital
North Manchester General Hospital,
Delaunays Road,
Crumpsall
M8 5RB
Tel: 0161 778 2233

Private Hospital
Nuffield Health,
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital
Clayton Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1JP
Tel: 0191 281 6131

Edited by Melissa.

Thank you for reading our guide exploring how to find the best team of medical negligence solicitors for Jarrow. However, if you have any questions, please get in touch with our advisors on the number above.