Our team of specialist medical negligence and personal injury lawyers, led by Partner Ian Horner, has in-depth expertise in complex hospital medical negligence claims and has successfully obtained compensation in numerous cases, from failing to properly diagnose a condition to failing to prevent and treat a post-operative infection.  We ensure that our clients are compensated for their physical and mental suffering and for any financial implications which arise because of the negligence of a hospital and its staff. 

We have experience in dealing with claims against NHS Trusts and private hospitals.  Based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, we help clients throughout the UK with claims arising out of a range of circumstances, including failing to: –

• Diagnose a condition
• Diagnose a condition as quickly as it should have been diagnosed
• Diagnose the correct condition
• Provide the right treatment
• Provide appropriate treatment as quickly as it should have been provided
• Operate when an operation was required
• Carry out an operation as quickly as was needed

We also have experience in claims arising out of: –

• Mistakes made during surgery
• Problems not picked up after surgery
• Administering the wrong medication or no medication
• General neglect in care and treatment

A hospital may be guilty of negligence if someone in the care of the hospital has been injured or died and the cause stems from a failure to:

• Take a full medical history
• Have regard to a patient’s medical history
• Properly examine a patient
• Order appropriate tests
• Interpret test results correctly
• Obtain a patient’s content to treatment or surgery
• Warn a patient about the risks and side effects of treatment or surgery
• Carry out appropriate pre-treatment health checks
• Carry out treatment or surgery to an acceptable level
• Spot problems which arise after surgery or treatment, including the development of an infection
• Provide basic care, such as the provision of food and drink and help with any personal hygiene needs