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Aldershot Medical Negligence Solicitors No Win No Fee

By Stephen Chambers. Last Updated 26th October 2021. Welcome to our guide on hiring medical negligence solicitors for Aldershot compensation claims. Medical Negligence is a legal term used to describe when a doctor, nurse, or any other type of medical professional, has failed to provide a patient with the medical standard of care. This can include anything from misdiagnosis to an improperly managed treatment plan.

Medical negligence can negatively impact not only the patient’s physical well-being, but their mental, and emotional, wellbeing as well. Patients who have suffered from physical, emotional, or financial consequences, as a result of a medical professional’s negligence are eligible to file a medical negligence claim against the doctor(s), nurse(s), or medical facility (e.g. hospital) involved.

Within this guide, we’ll explain how you could potentially make a compensation claim if you’ve been affected by an act of medical negligence which occurred within Aldershot. We’ll also talk about the benefits of hiring medical negligence solicitors for Aldershot claims on a No Win No Fee basis. Another topic we’ll discuss is whether or not it is necessary to hire a solicitor in the Aldershot area if this is the location where medical negligence has occurred.

Also in this guide, we’ll talk about the value of looking at reviews for solicitors who may potentially be able to assist your claim. This guide also gives you a detailed explanation of the different types of medical negligence claims which our own solicitors could potentially assist you with. We’ll also look at some relevant statistics regarding NHS medical negligence claims. We will also walk you through the steps involved if you do choose to hire a medical negligence solicitor to assist your compensation claim.

If you still have any questions about making a medical negligence claim in the Aldershot area, you’re welcome to contact Legal Expert today. You can reach us online using our contact page

Solicitors For Medical Negligence In Aldershot

Medical negligence solicitors Aldershot

Medical negligence lawyers in Aldershot

Anyone can file a medical negligence claim, how successful that claim will be in terms of compensation depends on the legal team who will be representing you through the process. This is why it is so important that you find a great solicitor for Aldershot who can properly assist you in filing a medical negligence claim and ensure that you receive the best settlement amount possible for your injury.

Medical Negligence Solicitors In Aldershot For No Win No Fee Claims

If you have been a victim of medical negligence or malpractice, you will want to make sure that you choose the best possible lawyer and solicitor to represent you in your case. It’s important to take the time to research medical solicitors, specifically medical negligence solicitors who specialise in medical malpractice and NHS misdiagnosis compensation claims. You may want to reach out to friends or family members who have filed similar claims, as well as research solicitors in your area via online review sites. Going through Legal Expert can also be beneficial, our team of medical compensation experts can refer you to a solicitor who covers Aldershot, as well as provide you with a wide range of information related to our vast selection of medical negligence lawyers for Aldershot claims.

Do You Need to Use a Local Medical Negligence Solicitor?

This is a common question that our clients ask, and the answer to this question is no. In fact, the medical negligence team at Legal Expert can provide you with a solicitor who is located anywhere in the country including Aldershot. This allows our clients to have a broad range of choices when it comes to who they will select as their medical negligence solicitor.

Reviews of Solicitors Covering Aldershot

The internet is host to a plethora of non-biased reviews for just about any product or service that you can think of – solicitor reviews are no exception. Before you make a final decision on which medical negligence solicitor you want to represent you, it is important that you take the time to thoroughly read through that solicitor’s review. The medical negligence team at Legal Expert can also share solicitor reviews with clients, as well as provide any additional information related to that solicitor should the client need it.

Clinical Negligence Claims Our Aldershot Medical Negligence Team Handles

Legal Experts medical negligence team are able to assist clients in any and all claims pertaining to medical negligence, this can include:

Legal Expert can walk you through the entire medical negligence claim process, as well as get you in touch with some of the best medical negligence solicitors for Aldershot claims. If you have been a victim of an injury as a result of medical negligence, it is imperative that you reach out to the medical negligence team at Legal Expert as soon as possible, to allow us to get started on your case right away.

Wrongful Birth Negligence

Wrongful birth negligence is a term used to describe a doctor or medical professional failing to provide the proper standard of care to both the mother and infant, during pregnancy and childbirth. Failing to provide this standard of care can result in a wide range of injuries to mother and infant including:

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Brain Damage
  • Organ Damage (to mother and/or infant)
  • Infant Death
  • Death of Mother

The wrongful birth negligence team at Legal Expert are able to help clients in Aldershot and across the UK with wrongful birth negligence claims, and have helped numerous clients obtain the maximum settlement amount including; reimbursement for financial loss, medical injury, pain and suffering, and death.

Cancer Negligence Claims

With today’s advances in cancer treatment, it is possible for patients with even highly aggressive forms of cancer to experience full remission with proper treatment. Cancer patients who have been misdiagnosed, or improperly treated, by a medical professional on the other hand can have dire or even fatal consequences. Our cancer negligence claims team can help clients across the UK receive compensation for their cancer negligence claims. Legal Expert has experience and knowledge in a variety of cancer negligence claims including:

  • Lung cancer negligence
  • Prostate cancer negligence
  • Cancer misdiagnosis
  • Leukaemia negligence
  • And more

If you have suffered from a cancer negligent related injury, you are entitled to compensation relating to your cancer-related injury, as well as any pain and suffering that you may or will endure as a result.

Hospital Negligence Claims

Our team of hospital negligence experts have helped clients to file dozens of hospital negligence claims against both the NHS and private hospitals. Hospital negligence can include any negligent treatment from hospital staff that has resulted in injury, or even death, to the patient. This can also include any faulty or outdated equipment that the hospital may be using to treat their patients. Legal Expert has helped clients with all manner of hospital negligence claims including (but not limited to) medical malpractice in a children’s hospital or nursing facility.

Cases of Dental Negligence

Dental negligence definition is very similar to medical negligence. Dental negligence is a term used to describe where a dentist, dental staff member, or dental office, have not followed the standard level of care to their patient- resulting in injury. Dental patients who have suffered from broken or damaged teeth, sinus damage, jaw injury, or any other injury associated with dental treatment, are able to file a dental negligence claim against the dentist or dental office involved. If you believe that you have suffered from a dental-related injury as a result of a dental professional’s negligence, you need to get in touch with the dental negligence claims team at Legal Expert to begin the claims process as soon as possible.

Private and NHS GP Negligence

Every day, our team of GP negligence specialists are helping clients receive the compensation that they deserve for injuries related to GP negligence and NHS GP negligence including;

  • Misdiagnosis
  • Failure to refer the patient to a specialist when necessary
  • Incorrect prescription(s)
  • And more

Whether your GP negligence related injury occurred in Aldershot or anywhere in the UK, the caring and knowledgeable team at Legal Expert can help get you in touch with the best solicitor possible to handle, and win, your medical negligence case.

Nursing Home Negligence

Sadly, nursing home negligence has become an all too common occurrence in the UK. The law in the UK has allowed nursing home patients, and their families, to hold negligent nursing homes and their staff accountable for nursing home negligence, and mistreatment, towards patients via monetary compensation. If you believe that you or a loved one is being mistreated, or improperly cared for in a nursing home, you will want to first contact the proper authorities to investigate these claims, and next, contact a solicitor who specialises in nursing home negligence. Signs of nursing home negligence can include:

  • Bedsores
  • Unusual Bruising
  • Behaviour changes to the patient ( e.g. withdrawn or agitated)
  • Reoccurring illness
  • An unexplained decline in patient health

If you or a member of your family have been a victim of an injury due to nursing home negligence, it is in your best interest to contact the legal team at Legal Expert, so you can get your claims process started as soon as possible.

Statistics for Medical Negligence Claims Against NHS Frimley Health Foundation Trust

We have, in the table shown below, collected data from the NHS on the number of incidents and claims and payments for negligence cases for Frimley NHS. This is for the year 2015/16 and should illustrate that you would not be the only person to make a claim against them should you have reason to. We would remind you that these are solely NHS figures, but private practices can be subject to claims too.

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Trust Concerned Payments Number of Claims Incidents recorded
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 14,684,352 86 18

Statistics for Nationwide NHS Medical Negligence Claims

You may be wondering just how common NHS medical negligence claims are in Britain (including Aldershot). For insight into this matter, we can look to the NHS Resolution Annual Report for 2020/21. NHS Resolution is an organisation within the NHS that specialises in handling claims made against the health service. According to the annual report for 2020/21, there were 10,816 clinical negligence claims against the NHS related to particular specialities during the covered period.

In terms of which types of clinical claims are the most common, those related to orthopaedic surgery made up the largest percentage. The frequency of the different types of clinical claims can be broken down as follows:

  • Orthopaedic surgery – 12%
  • Emergency medicine – 11%
  • Obstetrics – 11%
  • Gynaecology – 9%
  • General surgery – 8%
  • General medicine – 4%
  • Radiology – 4%
  • Psychiatry/mental health – 3%
  • Urology – 3%
  • Gastroenterology – 2%
  • Other – 35%

How do Claims with Medical Negligence Solicitors for Aldershot work?

If you have evidence that you’ve been harmed by an act of medical negligence and wish to seek compensation for this, it’s up to you whether you hire a solicitor to support this action. If you do choose to hire a solicitor then you can search for and contact potential options. You can choose to contact solicitors within or outside the Aldershot area.

Whether you look specifically for clinical negligence solicitors in Aldershot or any outside the area, we always recommend choosing a solicitor who has prior experience in handling medical negligence claims. When you pick your preferred solicitor to contact, you will normally have a discussion with them about the details of your potential claim. The solicitor will aim to collect as much relevant information as possible, including available evidence which supports your case. If, following a review, your chosen solicitor is happy to support your case, you should be able to sign a formal agreement with them.

From this point, your solicitor will guide and advise you through all the formal steps required to process your medical negligence claim. When a solicitor agrees to support your claim, they may offer to do so on a No Win No Fee basis.

Why Hire No Win No Fee Medical Negligence Solicitors for Aldershot claims?

Medical negligence claims can be very costly. That can especially apply when the victim has to pay their solicitor out of pocket before a settlement is reached. Clinical negligence costs can build up into the thousands depending on the complexity of the case. In fact, in most instances, the victim in the medical negligence claim is unable to cover these costs.

This is why Legal Expert works closely with No Win No Fee solicitors. It provides our clients with the peace of mind in knowing that regardless of the outcome of their claim, there will be no financial burden to the client. Our team of legal experts will work diligently on your claim at no cost to you unless you receive a settlement for your case. If your case’s outcome does not provide a settlement or judgement in your favour, you will not be billed.

Ready to Start Your Claim

Regardless of whether you were injured as a result of GP negligence, dental negligence, hospital negligence, or any other medical negligence related injury, our team of legal professionals at Legal Expert can help. Our medical negligence claims teams are available 7 days a week to answer any and all of your questions, as well as provide solicitors who can represent you from anywhere in the UK. If you have a medical claim that you wish to get started on, we encourage you to contact one of the caring and experienced legal professionals at Legal Expert today at 0800 073 8804.

Useful Links

Further No Win No Fee information

Further information on Legal Expert’s No Win No Fee policy

Blood transfusion negligence claims

Information regarding blood transfusion negligence claims

Restrictions on bills for legal services

There is a page on the government’s website that shows guidance on restrictions for legal bills.

Other Medical Negligence Guides

Local Aldershot based medical services

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Tel: 01276 604347

Web: https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/staff-area/aldershot-centre-for-health/

Princess Gardens Surgery

2A High Street

Aldershot

GU11 1BJ

Tel: 01252 332210

Aldershot Dental Practice

165 Victoria Road

Aldershot

GU11 1JR

Tel: 01252 334616

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