If your GP has acted negligently and caused issues with your health, or ongoing treatment, our solicitors can help you claim the compensation you deserve.
We believe any medical professionals, including doctors and general practitioners (GPs), who act negligently towards a patient should be held accountable. We understand the effects this sort of negligence can have on individuals and their families, and will work closely with anyone who needs our help to bring a GP negligence claim.
We help patients who have suffered at the hands of doctor negligence claim the compensation they deserve, and obtain some level of closure. People and their families should be able to trust the medical professionals who help them and not be subjected to GP negligence.
For many patients, a GP acts as an inquisitor, a detective, a counsellor and a guide. They are used to seeing dozens of patients in person during their working day, and have to be constantly alert.
Simply put, a referral is necessary when the guidelines say so (more often or not produced by NICE). So for example, a patient over 40 years old with abdominal pain and weight loss should lead to a referral to a consultant within two weeks. If not, the GP may have a case to answer. GPs must set out a clear plan with each of their patients. Are further tests necessary, if so why, and what will those tests consist of? A GP must then follow up those tests with further review and advice. GPs are responsible for the acts and omissions when dealing directly with patients but, as they often run a surgery in partnership with others, they also have responsibility for the proper functioning of systems in place. Therefore, a failure to provide a follow-up letter or to arrange a test may lead to a GP being found liable for negligence in litigation.
Now that telephone and virtual consultations have become a normal way to see your GP, there is a real danger that a full examination of presenting conditions will not be made. In turn this may mean GPs start to miss ‘red flags’ for various conditions and fail to provide a service for those with more complex conditions.
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We carry out many of our claims on a no win, no fee basis. This means there are no upfront costs for you and, provided that you have not misled or acted against the advice that we have given you, no financial risk to you – even if your claim is not successful.
In most instances we will purchase ‘After the Event’ (ATE) insurance on your behalf to cover any legal costs should you not win the case. However, if you have a ‘Before the Event’ (BTE) insurance policy included in your home, car or credit card insurance then we may look to use that insurance to cover the legal costs and an ATE policy should not then be required.
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In general you have three years from the date of negligence or reasonable knowledge of mistreatment by a medical professional causing you harm to bring a medical negligence compensation claim. There are some exceptions to this rule; for instance where the matter involves a child in which case the child has three years from the date of their 18th birthday to bring a claim, therefore expiring on the individual’s 21st birthday.
It is important to speak to our medical negligence solicitors as early as possible to avoid any issues with limitation dates.
