London Medical Negligence Solicitors – No Win No Fee Claims Guide

Medical Negligence London

Medical Negligence London

By Marlon Rudy. Last Updated 11th November 2022. No matter what type of personal injury claim you are making or legal action you are taking, choosing the right person to handle your claim could be an important step in making a successful personal injury claim. The right solicitor could potentially mean the difference between getting the highest possible settlement or potentially missing out. In this guide, we provide advice for people who are searching for medical negligence solicitors who have suffered a medical mistake in London to handle their case and we show how our nationwide panel of expert medical negligence solicitors could help.

If you are making a clinical or medical negligence claim, having the right solicitor could be even more critical. This is because the area of medical negligence combines two complex entities, medicine and law.

No matter what effects you suffered or how serious they were, we recommend seeking advice from a solicitor or lawyer specialising in medical or clinical negligence cases. Cases of medical negligence can be complicated personal injury claims to deal with, so it is important to be able to trust in the solicitor’s experience and knowledge.

To help you navigate the process of finding the right solicitor to deal with your case of medical negligence in London, we have created this guide.

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How To Choose A Medical Negligence Solicitor For Your Case

Choosing which personal injury solicitor you think is right to handle your medical negligence claim is not always easy to do. Whilst there is no rule which says that you have to or even should use a medical negligence lawyer or solicitor, doing so can have advantages.

When instructing a solicitor to work on your case, you are leveraging their knowledge, skills, and experience. You need to be sure that you have the best possible person steering you through what could be a complex process. Using one of our panel of expert medical negligence solicitors who have a broad range of expertise and knowledge when it comes to medical negligence may be ale to help bring about a successful claim.

Steps to choosing the right solicitor

  1. You do not always need to work with medical negligence solicitors near you.
  2. Clear communication with your solicitor and regular updates on your claim could be important.
  3. The fastest solicitor may not always be the right one for your claim.
  4. Do look at online reviews and talk to friends and family but remember their recommendations don’t have to be the final word.

Should I Read Reviews Of Medical Negligence Solicitors In London?

Today we live in a world of instant online reviews. Whether choosing a destination to visit on holiday, a new mobile phone, or any professional service to use, we often turn to online reviews to help us make a choice. Whilst not all reviews are always trustworthy, it is usually easy enough to spot when a review is inauthentic. Reading what previous clients have said about a medical negligence lawyer, solicitor or law firm can help you to build a picture of how they have assisted other people when it comes to a compensation claim.

Medical Negligence Solicitors London – Do I Need To Hire Local Legal Help?

You are not legally required to hire a medical negligence solicitor in London. The location of the incident that caused your injury has no influence on where in the country you should hire a solicitor from.

Our panel is full of experienced solicitors, and medical negligence in London is something they have addressed many times in the past – despite not being local to the area. Experience is more important than physical location when hiring legal assistance.

Most processes involved in making a person injury claim can be handled remotely. Thanks to resources such as video calls and emails, you are not required to travel. For the handful of steps that may require face-to-face interaction, it can be arranged for a solicitor to travel to you.

Claims for medical negligence in London can take many forms. Having a lawyer by your side to answer your questions may prove helpful to you. To find out if we could connect you a solicitor from our panel of solicitors for medical negligence for London, get in touch with our advisors today.

Medical Negligence Claims In London Our Team Could Handle

Medical negligence could take on many forms, there are different types of negligence that could take place whether in London or any other part of the country. Clinical or medical negligence refers to instances where a patient is provided with a care that is below the  standard of practice and has been in some way caused further ill health or harm.

In instances of harm caused by medical negligence, people may feel additionally upset that they were caused harmed by the people expected to care for them. Our panel of medical negligence expert solicitors have many years of knowlesge working in this field and could help regardless of the cause of the negligence.

We Have A Panel Of Doctors In London Who Could Assess Your Injuries

As stated, whilst you do not need to instruct a solicitor in your area, we could organise for your injuries to be assessed by a member of our panel of medical experts. Those serving this area include,

David Suppree
Lily House
11/12 The Shrubberies,
George Lane,
South Woodford,
E18 1BD

Tariq Ayyoub
1st Floor Bridge House,
150 London Road,
Barking,
IG11 8BB

Zahir Ali
West End Medical Practice
6 Bendall Mews,
Marylebone,
NW1 6SN

You may be seen by one of these experts or one of the other members of our panel of medical experts covering your area.

Surgical Negligence

Whenever you have surgery, whether medically necessary or for cosmetic reasons, there is an inherent level of risk in doing so. However, whether you are being treated at either an NHS or private hospital, you have the right to expect certain minimum care standards. You have the right to expect that your treatment is performed by a qualified surgeon and is supported by other competent practitioners. The treatment carried out should meet minimum expectations. When you choose to have surgery you place a lot of trust in those carrying it out. In some cases, you could quite literally be putting your life in their hands. As such, if something goes wrong which could have been avoided you could have the right to claim compensation. Find out if you could make a medical negligence and personal injury claim by discussing your options with our team.

Negligence During Childbirth

Negligence during childbirth could cause injury to either the mother or to the child. Injuries of negligence could become apparent at the time of delivery, soon after, or could develop and be diagnosed at a later stage. Such claims may not be as simple to conduct as others and may not simply require a lump sum settlement but could necessitate ongoing care for the child. Potentially (in the most severe of cases) the effects and the claimants’ needs could persist through their lifetime. Such injuries or illnesses could result in a large impact on the family as a whole.

Negligence In An NHS Or Private Hospital

Hospitals may treat people in an emergency, provide specialist short or long-term care, conduct operations or a range of other services. Due to their potential size and the range of medical services offered, there are numerous ways in which hospital negligence could potentially occur and harm a patient. These could include;

  • Errors in the dispensing or dosage of a medication.
  • Complications from anesthetic.
  • Surgical errors.
  • Misdiagnosis of an illness or disease.
  • Incorrect treatment

Neglect In A Care Home

If you or a member of your family has been injured or become ill due to poor or even negligent care whilst in a nursing home or care home, you could be able to claim compensation on their behalf. Family members can often be left asking how do they claim for medical negligence or poor levels of care in a care home which has caused a relatives health to suffer. The answer is to contact a specialist solicitor who could evaluate what has happened to you or your relative and then provide the correct information and plan of action.

Misdiagnosis Of Cancer And Other Diseases

As a patient, you will be reliant on healthcare professionals to diagnose what illness you may have and to recommend the most appropriate course of action to take. In the case of an illness such as cancer, getting the right diagnosis and beginning your treatment as early as possible could be the difference between making a recovery or not. As such, the misdiagnosis of a time-bound disease could have very serious consequences. You could also claim compensation if you have received a late diagnosis as this could have serious consequences as your treatment and possible treatment routes could be affected by this.

Dental Negligence

Dental negligence could occur if the dentist or dentist practitioner causes a patient harm another practitioner of the same caliber would not have. The dentist or dental nurse may have performed a procedure poorly or carried out an inappropriate course of action which caused you to be harmed. The crucial point is that the injury or illness could have been avoided had the correct standard been applied.

GP Negligence

This is a term which is used to describe circumstances where a GP may have caused avoidable harm to a patient under their care for example not referring them to a specialist when needed. GP negligence could potentially happen in a variety of ways, for example not diagnosing a patient correctly and their conditions worsens as they are not given the correct treatment, wrongly diagnosing a patient prescribing incorrect medication, not sending the patient for the correct diagnostic tests allowing their condition to gradually get worse.

Medical Negligence Statistics For NHS Trusts

To help people to see the extent of reported instances of medical negligence, we have included data for the NHS. This table uses the latest (at the time of publication) available figures for the number of incidents, the number of claims received and value of payments made in the period 2017/ 2018 for NHS Trusts. Data is available here.

Healthcare ProviderClaims Received 2017/18Number of Incident 2017/18CNST Damages Paid
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust14*167,756
East London NHS Foundation Trust10*2,708,405
Central London Community Healthcare6*24,615
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust491016,751,398
Barts Health NHS Trust142732,840,259
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust16*2,056,216
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust691432,361,983
North East London NHS Foundation Trust13*121,995
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust88914,595,977
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (The)000
South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust**39,780
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust49128,075,599
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust6*59,423
The London North West Health Care NHS Trust70138,438,329
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust*028,396
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust59179,380,161
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust97722,263,573
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust2965,925,965
West London Mental Health NHS Trust7*378,486

Our panel of medical negligence solicitors can cover the London area and could assist claimants who have been harmed whilst under the care of any of these (or other) NHS trusts as well as private healthcare companies.

No Win No Fee Medical Negligence Solicitors

If you are offered a No Win No Fee arrangement, you may not need to pay your solicitor an upfront fee.

In a successful claim, they may take a success fee – this is charged as a small and legally capped percentage of your compensation award.

In an unsuccessful claim, you would not be charged a fee for the work they performed.

you may think that clinical negligence law firms in London are the best choice for your case, but finding a law firm that could offer a No Win No Fee solicitor may be more beneficial for you.

For any more questions you have about claims for medical negligence in London or other financial benefits that can be offered by clinical negligence solicitors for London claims, please reach out to a member of our team for information.

Major NHS Hospitals In London

The city is home to some of the largest hospitals in the UK as well as being the home of fourteen different teaching hospitals. The capitals hospitals serve the cities population as well as taking patients both from surrounding counties. Specialist treatment is also provided for patients from across the UK and around the world. This may mean that whilst you experienced NHS negligence in one of these (or another hospital), you could live in another part of the country. Some of the capitals largest hospitals include,

  • Charing Cross Hospital
  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital
  • Guy’s Hospital
  • Hammersmith Hospital
  • King’s College Hospital
  • Royal Brompton Hospital
  • St Bartholomew’s Hospital
  • St George’s Hospital
  • St Thomas’ Hospital
  • The Royal Free Hospital
  • Central Middlesex Hospital
  • Queen Charlottes And Chelsea Hospital
  • University College Hospital

To find out how much compensation you could be entitled to for medical negligence suffered at an NHS hospital, GP surgery or other facilities, talk to our expert team today.

Major Private Hospitals Serving London

The city and surrounding areas have a high concentration of both private hospitals and other private medical facilities such as doctors surgeries, dentists and outpatient clinics. Additionally, there are a large number of private facilities focused on cosmetic or elective medical procedures. Below, we have included a list of some of the main or major private healthcare facilities the city and the surrounding home counties areas have.

  • Bupa Cromwell Hospital
  • Highgate Private Hospital
  • BMI The Blackheath Hospital
  • BMI Hendon Hospital
  • Spire St Anthony’s Hospital
  • The Wellington Hospital
  • Croydon Day Hospital

If you have suffered negligent care at any private healthcare facility and are searching for no win no fee medical negligence solicitors in London to help you, an alternative could be our nationwide no win no fee service.

Starting A Medical Negligence Compensation Claim

Our panel of medical negligence solicitors could cover the London area providing help, support, medical examinations (through our panel of doctors) and much more.

Our team of experts, including a panel of medical negligence solicitors, could provide you with help such as;

  • Legal advice and support through the personal injury claims process.
  • A medical examination conducted by one of our panel of medical experts.
  • Help and support in filling in any necessary paperwork.

Whether you were harmed by NHS negligence or through care in the private sector we could help you. To start your claim, contact Medical Negligence Assist today on 0800 652 3087. You can also start your claim online here.

Helpful Links

Below we have included information on how to find further medical services, such as GP and Dental surgeries covering this area.

Find A GP Surgery
There are numerous GP surgeries across the city. Use this NHS tool to find the closest doctors surgery to where you live.

Find A Dentist
Find NHS dental services in the city,

Finding Further NHS Services
The My Health site is a portal where you can find information on NHS healthcare services in the city, as well as health information and even help downloading NHS apps.