Accident and emergency claims expertise
We are one of the UK’s leading legal practices for medical negligence cases and our medical negligence team has unrivalled
experience in dealing with accident and emergency legal
claims on a 'no win, no fee'
basis. We regularly see just how deeply mistakes made in
A&E departments can affect people’s lives.
Accident and emergency departments deal with medical emergencies
and are the frontline of care for patients who attend hospital.
Accident and Emergency treatment is fast moving
and it is important that a competent department has adequate risk
assessment measures in place to ensure that staff are properly
trained to deal with common emergencies and that adequate medical
care is given.
The range of issues handled by accident and emergency staff is
vast and often their role is to assess and transfer patients in
need of further care to a specialist department. Often staff deal
with patients in an urgent manner and with limited medical
history.
It is essential that all staff in accident and emergency
departments are highly trained and flexible in terms of how they
deal with patients in their care.
Accident and Emergency Compensation Claims
While most patients attending accident and emergency departments
receive the correct treatment, occasionally things can go
wrong.
Our specialist medical negligence team have successfully pursued
a wide variety of accident and emergency compensation, including
cases for:
- Lack of examination
- Failure to diagnose fractures
- Failure to diagnose acute conditions such as appendicitis
or epiglotitis
- Missed diagnosis of a serious condition where the patient has
presented with non-specific symptoms such as headache or
generalised pain, and been discharged with painkillers
- Patients presenting with diffuse symptoms such as headache or
generalised pain can often be overlooked and sent home with advice
to take painkillers when they are suffering from a more serious
illness
- Delay in diagnosing meningitis, often with devastating
consequences
- Failure to initiate correct diagnostic tests and scans
Medical Negligence Compensation
The standard of care by which the actions of A&E staff are
judged in the context of a claim for compensation is whether the
care fell below that of a reasonably competent practitioner.
For further information or if you have an accident and
emergency legal claim, please contact a member of our
medical negligence team on
freephone 0800 358 3848, email personalinjury@ffw.com or
complete our short enquiry form.
All enquiries are completely free of
charge and we will investigate all funding options for you
including
legal aid and no win, no fee.