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Like any personal injury case - any legal case at all, in fact - a medical negligence claim will rely heavily on written evidence. For this reason, it is wise for anyone suspecting that their care or treatment is proving substandard to ensure that any correspondence with the medical professional providing that care is kept somewhere safe.
It may also be advisable to keep a notebook that contains records of telephone calls and conversations that may be useful in a potential compensation claim. Keeping a diary of events may prove to be useful too.
Evidence and statements from those who suffer clinical negligence are easier to provide if they have documents and records to go back to, and may well be more convincing as evidence.
It is, of course, possible to pursue medical records, but this can be one of the more trying parts of a clinical negligence claim. It should also be remembered that these are the notes that the doctor or surgeon made, and may therefore not record the same information that an affected person would have noted.
Doctors are urged by their union to ensure that all their notes are kept on file; that body draws attention to a 2009 case which was successfully defended on the strength of the paper records that the GP practice was able to produce. Having one's own records may help a claim stand up to copious medical notes that a defendant can produce; in cases where the notes are thin, lost or non-existent, they may carry even more weight.
Medical negligence claims and expert personal injury lawyers
When pursuing medical negligence compensation, you enter a very specialised area of personal injury law, which makes an expert lawyer a high priority. Here at YouClaim, we have years of experience in leading complex cases to successful conclusions, with a near-unrivalled win rate.
While that complexity means we can't guarantee that a claim will be entirely free, as we can with most of the cases we handle, we can guarantee that you will be fully informed of all foreseeable costs before you are committed to them, that they will be kept to a minimum, and that we'll strive to have them reimbursed in a won case. We also undertake to pass the full 100 percent compensation on to a successful claimant, with no cut taken by us.
All the clinical negligence lawyers we work with are governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for your confidence.
To find out how we can help you explore a medical negligence claim, simply call 0800 10 757 95, chat to us online, or complete a claim form with a few initial details and a specialist advisor will be able to help.
