Clinical Negligence
We put our trust in doctors, nurses, surgeons and other health professionals but unfortunately, things can occasionally go wrong with sometimes devastating effects on health and financial well-being.
Ashfords' Clinical Negligence Unit offers expert advice on clinical negligence claims and the best way to seek medical negligence compensation for clients who have suffered physical or mental injury due to a medical accident or negligence.
We can provide advice on medical claims on a no win no fee basis in approproate cases.
Common cases our expert unit undertakes include:
- misdiagnosis;
- late diagnosis;
- erroneous prescriptions / treatment;
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failure to refer; and
- surgical errors.
Recent work undertaken includes:
- claim against a hospital trust for failing to diagnose a dislocated shoulder leading to permanent disability;
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claim for a lady who had received injections of collagen filler into her under eye area by a beautician leading to permanent disfigurement;
- claim against a hospital trust for failing to perform a sterilisation operation properly;
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claim against a pharmacist for dispensing the wrong medication to a patient making her very ill as a result; and
- claim against a doctor for failing to diagnose a heart attack resulting in the patient death.
