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Littlehampton Medical Negligence Solicitors No Win No Fee

By Meg May. Last updated 8th December 2021. On this page, you will find the information you need to choose the best medical negligence solicitors for Littlehampton to represent your claim.

A solicitor could help you with the different stages of your claim, including obtaining evidence to support your case. Additionally, they could help organise any additional medical exams that may be used to value your claim.

However, there are various factors that you may wish to take into account before deciding on a solicitor. Our guide will explore this in further detail to ensure you choose the right solicitor to represent your case.

We’ll also look at how our solicitors could help you and the different claims they handle. Additionally, we’ll explore the option of a No Win No Fee agreement which could allow you to avoid upfront costs normally required for a solicitor to start work on your claim.

Furthermore, if you’re unsure whether you have experienced negligence in a medical setting, we’ll look at what constitutes clinical negligence. As well as the standard of care you’re owed by all medically trained professionals.

However, if you have any further questions, please get in touch by:

Calling on 0800 073 8804
Chatting with an advisor using the live chat box below
Filling out the contact us form

We will estimate how much compensation you could be awarded for your injuries, and if you have a legitimate claim, we will proceed with your case immediately.

See The Sections Below For More Information

Did I Experience Medical Or Clinical Negligence?
What Is The Correct Standard Of Care?
Help Finding The Best Medical Negligence Solicitors For Littlehampton
What Claims Could Our Medical Negligence Solicitors For Littlehampton Handle?
Compensation For Clinical Negligence
Claims Made Against Sussex Community Nhs Foundation Trust
Submitting A Claim With No Win No Fee Medical Negligence Solicitors For Littlehampton
What Happens Next
Other Links And Additional Guides

Did I Experience Medical or Clinical Negligence?

Medical negligence or clinical negligence can be defined as a patient receiving healthcare that is below expected standards.

It’s often caused by a medical professional failing to take the correct steps to prevent you from sustaining harm that could have been avoided.

For example, a doctor failing to check your medical history before issuing medication. As a result, you suffered an allergic reaction to the medication you were prescribed.

If you have experienced something similar, no matter whether in an NHS or private institution, you may be able to put forward a claim.

However, if you’re unsure, you can call an advisor to assess whether you hold a valid claim. If you do, they could connect you with one of our medical negligence solicitors for Littlehampton to help you seek compensation for the physical or psychological harm you’ve sustained.

How Long Do Medical Negligence Claims Last?

The length of time a claim takes to settle will vary depending on the different circumstances of your claim. For instance, whether or not the defendant admits liability or further evidence is required to support your claim.

As you won’t receive compensation until your claim settles, an application for an interim payment could be made to access part of your settlement early. The interim payment could be used to cover immediate costs such as for additional care to help you while you’re recovering.

However, you could only make this application in cases where the defendant has admitted liability.

Do I Need To Make My Claim Within A Certain Time?

In England and Wales, there is a three-year medical negligence claims limit as per the Limitation Act 1980. This means that you must make your claim within three years of the accident taking place, or the time that you realised you were harmed by medical negligence.

However, there are sometimes exceptions to this rule. For that reason, if you’re unsure whether you have exceeded the time limit, we could help.

Call to speak to one of our friendly advisors to see if any of the exceptions apply to your specific case.

What Is The Correct Standard Of Care?

There are various regulators across the UK that ensure the correct standard of care is being given to patients accessing health and social care services.

For instance, the General Medical Council (GMC) is responsible for overseeing the education and training of all registered doctors in the UK.

Additionally, the GMC provides ethical guidance on what is expected of doctors when they provide care to their patients. For instance, they should:

Put patient care first
Ensure they act with competence and keep their professional knowledge up to date
Take action if patient safety is being compromised

If you feel you’ve experienced avoidable harm after receiving a substandard level of care, please don’t hesitate to contact our team.

Do I Need To Prove That A Medical Professional Acted Negligently In A Medical Setting?

Medical evidence is required to demonstrate that a medical professional in charge of your care failed to uphold their responsibility of preventing you from sustaining further or avoidable harm.

Evidence could include medical records that highlight whether reasonable steps were taken to ensure you were treated with the minimum level of care expected. For instance:

Prescriptions
Treatment plans
Referral letters
Letters detailing additional appointments, such as for an X-ray

Furthermore, you may be asked to attend an additional medical exam to produce a report on the extent of your injuries. However, if you decide to seek legal representation, a solicitor could arrange this for you as part of the services they offer.

Additionally, a solicitor could help if you’re unsure of how to obtain relevant evidence for your case.

For more information on whether our medical negligence solicitors for Littlehampton could assist you with your claim, call the number above.

Help Finding the Best Medical Negligence Solicitors For Littlehampton

It’s important that you choose a clinical negligence solicitor with the right experience and expertise to represent your claim. However, there are other factors to consider.

We have explored some of these in the section below.

Read Online Medical Negligence Reviews Of Solicitors

Try to read online reviews of solicitors, to get an impression of the quality of service they provide.

Some search terms you could type into Google to find these solicitors reviews include: ‘best medical negligence solicitors in the Littlehampton area’, ‘free legal advice Littlehampton’ or ‘solicitors Littlehampton review’.

Also, try to compare as many of these reviews as possible to get a good impression of what the solicitor’s previous clients thought of the service they received.

It could also help to get further recommendations from family and friends.

Alternatively, you may wish to find out more about working with our solicitors. If so, you can read the reviews left on our page by previous claimants.

Am I Limited To Using Medical Negligence Solicitors In Littlehampton?

It’s a common misconception amongst our clients that if they live in Littlehampton, they have to use a solicitor located there.

Instead, it may be more beneficial for you to prioritise the suitability of the solicitor to handle your claim, over their location. Some important factors to look at include:

Whether or not they offer a No Win No Fee service
The quality of the service provided
The experience and knowledge they have of handling clinical claims

Additionally, some claimants worry that not using a local solicitor can cause communication problems.

However, in this day and age of digital communications tools and mobile devices, you can easily keep in regular contact with your clinical negligence solicitor, wherever they are based in the country.

What Claims Could Our Medical Negligence Solicitors For Littlehampton Handle?

Whatever sort of clinical negligence incident you experienced, our solicitors could handle your claim. Some examples of the types of medical negligence claims we cover include:

Hospital negligence
Dental negligence claims
Cancer misdiagnosis claims
Breast cancer negligence cases
Clinical negligence resulting in a birth injury
Care home or nursing home negligence
GP negligence claims

Additionally, we cover claims for NHS compensation and compensation for private healthcare medical negligence.

Please be aware this isn’t an exhaustive list of claims our medical negligence solicitors for Littlehampton deal with, so if you’d still like to discuss your claim, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Compensation For Clinical Negligence

Generally, a medical negligence compensation package may include general damages and special damages. However, the total settlement you receive may depend on the specific nature of your claim.

For instance, general damages compensate you for the physical and psychological injuries you’ve sustained. However, in order to determine the value of your claim, medical evidence relating to your case may be considered.

The evidence could help determine the severity of your injuries and how badly it’s affected your quality of life. Alongside this, the report provided by the independent medical exam you may attend and the Judicial College Guidelines could also help to value your injuries.

Furthermore, special damages allow you to seek reimbursement for both past and future financial losses that you may incur. For instance, loss of earnings caused by being unable to work.

However, not all claims include special damages so they will be calculated separately and added to your overall settlement figure. Additionally, you will need to provide evidence of any losses such as receipts and payslips.

For more information on the monetary losses you could claim, contact our team. They could connect you with our medical negligence solicitors for Littlehampton, who could accurately value your claim.

Claims Made Against Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

In the table below, we have included information on the total number of claims made against NHS healthcare providers around the Littlehampton area. The table also includes information on the total value of payouts made.

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Healthcare Provider	Claims Recieved 2019/ 20	Payments Made 2019/20
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	41	£7,631,068
Sussex Community NHS Trust	7	£339,221
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	6	£982,324

The figures are taken from the NHS Resolution Trust and Authority Claims Data for the financial year 2019/2020.

Submitting A Claim With No Win No Fee Medical Negligence Solicitors For Littlehampton

If you want to seek legal representation, you could consider the option of a No Win No Fee agreement.

You won’t be charged solicitor fees if your claim fails with this type of agreement. Additionally, you could avoid upfront costs sometimes required for a solicitor to start on your claim. Also, you could avoid other costs that may incur while your claim is ongoing, such as medical fees.

If your solicitor wins your claim, a fee will be deducted from your compensation package, but it’s legally capped and your solicitor will make you aware of the fee before you agree to work with them.

All of our solicitors operate on this basis so if you’d like to find out more, see below for how you can get in touch with us.

What Happens Next

Contact an advisor to tell us about your medical negligence claim. You will be offered a free legal consultation with a friendly advisor from our medical negligence team.

If you have a legitimate case, we could connect you with one of our medical negligence solicitors for Littlehampton. For more information, get in touch by:

Calling on 0800 073 8804
Chatting with an advisor using the live chat box below
Filling out the contact us form

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