Dudley Medical Negligence

Medical negligence occurs when medical or healthcare professionals fail in their duty of care or make other mistakes or errors in judgement during diagnosis, treatment or childbirth.

Malpractice, mistakes or neglect that worsen your condition or subject you to new diagnoses or symptoms may also constitute medical negligence. This includes wrongful or delayed diagnosis or a failure to conduct additional tests where there was a sufficient cause for medical concern.

Medical negligence may occur in any clinical setting including nursing homes and dentists.

In the unfortunate event that clinical negligence led to injury or a worsening in your health, you may be entitled to compensation. The amount you can claim depends on the extent of the negligence and the severity of your injuries or condition.

Most medical negligence claims have a 3-year time limit, meaning you need to lodge your claim a maximum of 3 years after the incident has taken place.

GP negligence is amongst the most common types of medical negligence in the UK. Most forms of GP negligence involve failing to launch proper medical investigations, ignoring the worsening of symptoms or prescribing the wrong medication.

In these situations, medical conditions can go undiagnosed or improperly diagnosed, unnecessarily worsening the condition of the patient when the GP should have done more to maintain their duty of care and health.