Don't fall into the trap of believing what the TV adverts tell you about how simple the law is and how easy compensation claims are. In fact, compensation claims are one of the more complex areas of the law and medical negligence no win no fee litigation is certianly not to be entered into lightly. Some representatives of the NHS have claimed that recent openness between doctors and patients has actually reduced the number of patients who feel they must make medical negligence no win no fee claims as their only way of finding answers about errors in their treatment. However, patient groups tend to believe otherwise: in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire NHS trust scandal, many people feel doctors are secretive and tend to close up in the event of making a mistake. According to patient groups this closing ranks actually forces patients to have to resort to medical negligence no win no fee claims.
In reality, there are almost certainly a good deal more medical mistakes than we even notice, with little or no harm occuring as a result, leaving us entirely unaware that anything ever went wrong. Of course, doctors are only human and therefore there will be times when mistakes happen and harm to patients is the direct result. Before patients begin litigation via a medical negligence no win no fee lawyer, it can be helpful for them to make a formal complaint. Whilst this won't win them any compensation, it can provide them with an explanation and an apology. An explanation alone might be enough and the patient may feel able to move on, or it might put the patient or relation in a better position to pursue litigation.
There's much more to the legal process than claiming that there has been both negligence and harm. The claim requires the medical negligence no win no fee solicitor's independent medical expert to review and critique the medical records of the patient. Demonstrating that there was negligence is no enough. It must also be proven that the negligence directly caused the harm and that had there been no negligence there would have been no harm.
