Our Ophthalmology claims expertise
Our specialist medical negligence
team have secured compensation for many victims of
ophthalmology negligence.
Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine dedicated to the
anatomy, function and diseases of the eye. If you suffer an eye
infection or eye injury following a medical procedure, you may be
able to make an ophthalmology compensation claim.
Our clients have suffered a variety of eye problems and injuries
as a result of an ophthalmologist's negligence, error or mistake
and our cases involve:
- laser eye treatment for correction of long or short
sightedness
- cataract surgery, particularly concerning the pre-op consenting
and counselling process
- Management of a foreign body in eye
- delay in diagnosis and treatment of Glaucoma
- delay in diagnosis and treatment of eye infections
- trauma to eyes and subsequent management
- corneal abrasions
- traumatic retinal detachment
- diabetic retinopathy
Ophthalmology compensation claim
When a case of clinical negligence involving your eye
occurs, the consequences for the patient can be severe. If there is
a serious delay in diagnosis and treatment, the patient could be
rendered blind and this obviously has a severe impact on the
patient's life.
Our expert medical negligence team
has considerable experience in dealing with a variety of these
ophthalmology negligence claims and has
successfully recovered damages on behalf of many clients.
For further information or if you believe you have
an ophthalmology negligence legal claim,
please contact 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.