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Oldham Solicitors Medical Negligence No Win No Fee

In this guide, we’ll be exploring the ways you could benefit from medical negligence solicitors for Oldham representing your claim.

Medical negligence solicitors OldhamHowever, in order to choose a good solicitor to make your claim, it’s important that you understand what clinical negligence is.

Furthermore, you may wish to understand how the process of claiming compensation works.

Our guide will explore each of these to give you a better understanding of the options you may have.

However, if you require any further information, please use the following details to get in touch:

  • Phone number — 0800 073 8804
  • Please send us an enquiry using the contact form
  • Speak with an advisor using the live chat function below

Find More Information On Medical Negligence Solicitors For Oldham In The Sections Below

  1. How Is Clinical Or Medical Negligence Defined?
  2. What Evidence Is Needed To Prove Clinical Negligence?
  3. Find A Team Of Medical Negligence Solicitors In Oldham
  4. What Claims Can Our Medical Negligence Solicitors For Oldham Handle?
  5. Clinical Negligence Compensation Claims
  6. Medical Negligence Claims Against The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
  7. No Win No Fee Medical Negligence Solicitors For The Oldham Area
  8. How To Start Your Clinical Negligence Claim
  9. Further Resources And Links Exploring Medical Negligence

How Is Clinical Or Medical Negligence Defined?

Medical or clinical negligence (sometimes known as malpractice), describes a situation where someone is caused further or avoidable harm after receiving care that falls below the minimum standard required from a medical professional.

Each medical negligence case has the following factors in common:

  • The medical professional failed to uphold their responsibility to provide the correct standard of care.
  • The failure to uphold the responsibility was avoidable in some way.

If you’re unsure whether you experienced clinical negligence, you can contact our team to discuss whether you have a potential claim.

If you do, one of our medical negligence solicitors for the Oldham area may be able to represent your claim. Please get in touch for more information.

What Evidence Is Needed To Prove Clinical Negligence?

Medical evidence in the form of hospital and doctors records may be required to support your claim. They can be used to highlight whether the correct steps were taken to provide you with the expected level of care.

The evidence you could gather might include the following:

  • Prescriptions for medication
  • Plans for treatments
  • Records detailing the diagnosis you received

Additionally, you may be invited to attend an independent medical assessment that can be used to produce a report on the full extent of your condition.

A solicitor could help organise for you to attend the medical exam locally and obtain any other evidence you need to provide.

See the following sections for more information on finding the best medical negligence solicitors for the Oldham area.

Find A Team Of Medical Negligence Solicitors In Oldham

There are a number of things you need to consider when choosing a solicitor to represent your claim.

Primarily, you may wish to evaluate the solicitor’s experience with handling medical negligence claims.

Also, it may be beneficial to check whether they can arrange additional services. For instance, they may be able to arrange a local medical examination to provide evidence in the form of an expert medical opinion.

However, if you’re unsure what else to look for in a solicitor, we have provided further information in the sections below.

Oldham Medical Negligence Solicitor Reviews

A good starting point to finding out more about a legal firm you wish to work with is checking reviews.

The reviews could help inform you of the experience a solicitor has with handling medical negligence claims. In addition, they could tell you how the legal firm communicates and works with claimants.

If you’d like to find out more about our solicitors, you can see the reviews left by claimants with which we have previously worked. Alternatively, please get in touch with our team to find out more.

Will I Need To Use Medical Negligence Solicitors In Oldham?

There is no real need to use a local Oldham based legal firm. The reason being, you can keep in touch with your solicitor using other forms of communication such as email, voice or web chat or telephone, regardless of where they are in the country.

Instead of focusing on location, you can consider other relevant factors, including whether a solicitor has the knowledge to help you seek the compensation you deserve.

For that reason, you may be interested in working with our medical negligence solicitors for Oldham. If so, please get in touch with our team on the number above.

What Claims Can Our Medical Negligence Solicitors For Oldham Handle?

Our solicitors have the knowledge necessary to help you get the compensation you deserve. Additionally, they have experience handling a wide variety of clinical negligence cases, such as:

  • Claims for hospital negligence: For instance, a surgeon may have operated on the wrong part of the body, causing a patient further harm and complications to their pre-existing condition.
  • Claims for dental negligence: A dentist may have failed to correctly perform a tooth extraction causing the patient to sustain damage to the nerves in the surrounding area.
  • GP negligence claims: A doctor may have prescribed the wrong medication to a patient leading them to sustain further harm.
  • Cancer negligence claims: There may have been unreasonable delays in sending you for an urgent referral leading to a delayed cancer diagnosis.
  • Birth injury negligence claims: A midwife may have used forceps when they weren’t necessary, and as a result, your baby may have sustained harm in the form of a skull fracture.
  • Care home negligence claims: A nurse may have distributed the wrong medication to a patient causing them harm that could have otherwise been avoided.

Please be aware that this isn’t an exhaustive list of the types of medical negligence claims we handle. For that reason, if none of the above fits your situation completely, call our team to discuss your specific case.

An advisor can go over your case with you and answer any questions you may have. Additionally, they could connect you with one of our medical negligence solicitors for Oldham to take on your claim.

Medical Negligence Compensation Claims

In the following sections, we have set out what your overall settlement package may consist of.

However, if you require any further clarification, please don’t hesitate to contact our team on the number above.

General Damages

In medical negligence claims, you’re entitled to seek compensation for any physical and psychological harm.

However, the amount you receive will depend on the nature of your condition, and several factors will be considered when valuing your claim.

For instance, medical evidence may be used to assess the severity of your condition and the extent to which it’s impacted your quality of life.

Additionally, a document called the Judicial College Guidelines may also be considered alongside medical evidence to help determine how much your claim is worth.

Special Damages

Compensation claims for medical negligence may also comprise special damages which allow you to seek reimbursement for any past or future monetary losses.

For example, if you have been unable to continue in employment either temporarily or permanently, you could claim back loss of earnings.

However, you must provide evidence, such as payslips or receipts.

For more information on the additional costs you could claim back under special damages, call our team on the number above.

Statistics For Medical Negligence Claims Against NHS Trusts

As per the Annual Report Statistics, there were around 12,629 claims notified in 2020/2021. In comparison, there were around 12,041 claims settled in the same period.

Although the nature of the claims is not specified, it highlights the frequency with which medical negligence claims are made.

No Win No Fee Medical Negligence Solicitors For The Oldham Area

There are other options if you’re concerned about potential medical negligence solicitors fees often associated with legal representation.

Firstly, there is no initial cost to put forward a claim without a solicitor, but other costs may build up over the course of the claims process. Whereas these costs may be covered if you choose a solicitor to represent you on a No Win No Fee basis.

Additionally, you could avoid upfront costs that are often needed for a solicitor to begin working on your claim. Furthermore, you won’t be asked to pay fees to your solicitor if your claim is unsuccessful.

In successful claims, a success fee that’s legally capped will be taken from your compensation package once the claim has settled. However, please be aware that your solicitor will explain the fees and how they calculate them before you start your claim with them.

Our medical negligence solicitors for Oldham all operate on this basis, so if you’d like to learn more, see below for how to contact an advisor.

How To Start Your Clinical Negligence Claim

If you’re ready to start your clinical negligence compensation claim, get in touch with our team for free legal advice.

An advisor will take further details of your case and assess whether your claim has a chance of success. If it does, they can connect you with one of our medical negligence solicitors for Oldham to take your claim on a No Win No Fee basis.

Additionally, an advisor can help if you need further clarification on anything. Once they have more information about your claim, they can advise what to do next.

Either way, please get in touch with our team on the following details:

  • Phone number — 0800 073 8804
  • Please send us an enquiry using the contact form
  • Speak with an advisor using the live chat function below

Further Resources And Links Exploring Medical Negligence

Visit our guide for detailed information on making an NHS negligence claim.

For more information on delayed treatment claims, please visit our guide.

If you’re looking to make a laser eye surgery claim, our guide could help.

Please visit NHS Resolution’s website for more recent statistics on medical negligence claims.

The General Dental Council (GDC) have information on the standards you should expect when receiving dental care.

Other Helpful Guides

Local Oldham Medical Centres

Royal Oldham Hospital
Rochdale Road
Oldham
Manchester
OL1 2JH
Tel: 0161 624 0420

Spire Manchester Hospital
170 Barlow Moor Road
Didsbury
Manchester
M20 2AF
Tel: 0161 885 5743

Oldham Medical Services
Langham House
368, Ashton Road
Hathershaw
Oldham
Lancs.
OL8 3HF
Tel: 0161 624 4716

Morris Dental Care
20 Union Street
Oldham
OL1 1BE
Tel: 0161 678 7287

Thank you for reading our guide exploring how to find the best team of medical negligence solicitors for Oldham. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us on the number above.