If you have suffered due to a defective medical device, or poor treatment in a healthcare setting, we recommend you talk to our team as soon as possible.
Contact us nowIf you’ve been given a medical device to help with a health condition, and it’s caused you harm from not working properly, we may be able to help you.
Our medical negligence solicitors will work with you to understand your situation, and will investigate how your injuries may have been caused by your medical product, or negligent treatment surrounding it.
Call us free today to see how we can help you understand your options on 0808 164 0808, or request a call back if you’d like one of our no-win, no-fee experts to call you.
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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Our team deals with many cases where the heart devices such as defibrillators and pacemakers have been found to be defective, causing a variety of problems including fractures, inconsistent and unnecessary electrical impulses and dysfunction.
If you or a loved one has suffered as a result of a defective heart device being fitted, we recommend you talk to our team as soon as possible.
Many women have reported a variety of adverse symptoms, which have been found to be linked to defective contraceptive products. These include the contraceptive implant, the contraceptive coil and pill.
If you’ve had a form of contraception fitted incorrectly, or received negligent advice, or your medication for birth control has been incorrectly prescribed, we encourage you to contact our team.
Sometimes, implants have proved to be defective, or unnecessary for a specific patient as a course of treatment. As a result of defective implants, problems such as leakage, rupture, scarring and loss of sensation can occur. One of the main causes of implants to be defective, is negligence from the surgeon.
For a variety of reasons hip replacement surgery or knee replacement surgery becomes a necessary and advisable option for people, usually as a result of arthritic deterioration or other bone conditions, fractures or other trauma.
Carried out successfully and with appropriate, functioning components or prostheses, the person’s quality of life can be vastly improved and full mobility secured for the future.
Unfortunately, sometimes these devices can be defective. If a surgeon uses the wrong components, or doesn’t fit the replacement properly this can cause further problems. Or the devices themselves could have been defective from the beginning, which may be grounds for a claim under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.
Sometimes, a medical professional may suggest a replacement eye lens as a way to treat a patient’s eyesight problems. Unfortunately in some instances these devices may become defective, and cause other issues such as pain, further sight loss or total blindness.
If you’ve suffered due to a defective eye lens being fitted, we urge you to contact our medical negligence solicitors today.
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.
