Clinical Negligence and Claims against the Medical Profession
We put our trust in doctors, nurses, surgeons and other health professionals but, unfortunately, things can occasionally go wrong, sometimes with 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:
Common cases our expert unit undertakes include:
- Misdiagnosis;
- Late diagnosis;
- Erroneous prescriptions / treatment;
- Failure to refer; and
- Surgical errors.
- Claim against a hospital trust for failing to diagnose a dislocated shoulder, leading to permanent disability;
- 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;
- 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's death.
