Medical Negligence Claim Guide

In the first instance you might want to consider talking to or writing to the Practice Manager at your GP surgery, or write to the Complaints Manager at the Hospital Trust where you were treated. Making a formal complaint can be useful as part of a negligence claim but this must be done quickly as there are strict time limits.

Make contact either by phone or by email and we’ll be able to discuss your claim in detail and initially offer you some free advice about the likely course of action you should follow, and what the next steps are.

When we are pursuing a claim we will need to obtain your medical notes and records, any x-rays and scans, and any other pertinent information and then we’ll check and verify them. We use expert nurses to assist in the collation of your records.

On your behalf we then instruct specialist medical experts to consider whether the treatment was negligent, and if it was, what damage was caused. There is quite often a time limit for legal action to be taken so you must contact Pryers as soon as possible to get the correct advice, even if that advice means there isn’t claim to be made.

At the same time we are corresponding with the defendant’s solicitor and will be aiming to persuade them that there is a case for negligence.

Medical Negligence cases can often be settled by negotiation, without the need to proceed to a full trial. If a satisfactory conclusion cannot be reached using negotiation, then court proceedings will be necessary.

Call us today or fill out the form below to see how we can help you make a claim for Medical Negligence, and we'll explain to you at every step what to expect... there will be no surprises.