Clinical negligence

If you’ve suffered injury and loss through poor medical treatment, you may feel totally let down by the medical profession. You’re probably angry and upset and want to claim for clinical negligence. You may also be suffering from depression as a result of dealing with the consequences of doctors’ medical negligence.

On top of that, you may well be baffled about the treatment you have received, or failed to receive, and all at sea about your options.

The effects of medical negligence may be short-term or they may affect you for the rest of your life… and even the lives of everyone around you. Frankly, your life may never be the same, and you may be facing extraordinary expenses for a very long time.

Now you need legal advice to help you get the medical negligence compensation you deserve.

With Barcan Woodward's Medical Negligence solicitors in Bristol , you’ll find a legal medical negligence team headed by a panel member of Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA), the charity for patient safety and justice, We also have members on The Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme, which means we have satisfied the Solicitors Regulation Authority that we can conduct actions properly on behalf of patients. Plus we hold a Clinical Negligence franchise from the Legal Services Commission.

With Barcan Woodward's medical negligence solicitors, you can benefit from ‘no win, no fee’. What’s more, while we are working on your negligence case, we’ll act as your advocate to ensure you get the help you need to get back on your feet quickly. For example, if possible we’ll sort out interim payments from the other party so you receive speedy access to, say, physiotherapy.

Recent wins for clinical and medical negligence include:

• £575,000 for A&E failure resulting in loss of sight for a 65 year old man;
• £4.7 million for 7 year old boy who suffered brain injury at birth.

In one notable case, Barcan Woodward won the award for ‘Outstanding Personal Injury Case of the Year’ as part of the Thompstone Group Appeals at the prestigious Personal Injury Awards 2008. This was the ground-breaking test case of RH v University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation.

Richard Barcan, partner and head of Barcan Woodward’s specialist personal and medical injuries solicitors team (based in Bristol), represented the claimant RH, a little boy with cerebral palsy who cannot be named for legal reasons.

The NHS Litigation Authority had permission to take the case to the House of Lords but abandoned their appeal at the last minute. This confirms the resounding victory achieved in the Court of Appeal for all personal injury claimants needing lifelong care. For more information, see Bristol boy wins Court of Appeal damages test case.

Areas of our medical negligence expertise include:

• Gynaecological and paediatric negligence including cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, meningitis and brain injury;
• Delayed diagnosis;
• Misdiagnosis;
• Failure to refer to a specialist/hospital;
• Failure to treat;
• Injuries which are ‘doctor originated’ or brought on by medical personnel or medical procedures.

Call us now for your free legal consultation on any potential medical negligence claim, where we will start to show our value straightaway.

More Information on Medical Negligence

• Inquests
• Compartment syndrome
• Cerebral palsy
• Meningitis
• Erb's palsy

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