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While getting patients medical help in an emergency, A&E departments can be one of the most error-prone departments within our hospital system. We'll help you claim compensation for any negligence you experienced while under the care of A&E.
Talk to usWith little to no control over patient numbers and all kinds of conditions and injuries to treat quickly and efficiently, A&E departments can be extremely challenging environments. Resources within a hospital often do not meet the demands – so prioritisation of need is required. Failure to recognise a feature of a patient’s presentation or a failure to provide the right urgent treatment may lead to A&E compensation claims.
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 are members of the Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) organisation, and have years of experience handling different medical negligence claims, including A&E claims.
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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Negligence may not just occur within the Accident and Emergency department. It can also be a result of ambulance negligence or paramedic negligence before arriving at A&E.
If an ambulance is delayed with a slow response time, or a paramedic fails to administer the correct treatment to a patient, this could cause further complications to arise from an already life-threatening situation.
When things go wrong in A&E, the staff are judged as to whether their care fell below that of a reasonably competent practitioner. Unfortunately due to the highly complex and challenging nature of A&E departments, errors can occur and give rise to A&E claims.
Because of mistakes made in A&E, patients can often endure additional injuries due to:
Diagnosis and treatment errors can lead to all kinds of illnesses and injuries. Many of the illnesses listed below are often missed or misdiagnosed, and can lead to life changing injuries for the patient concerned. Those injuries can include:
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.
