Medical Negligence: Surgical Mistakes + Post Operative Mistakes

Why you should consider pursuing a claim a surgical or post operative mistake.

When you require surgery, you place your trust in the healthcare provider, their nursing teams and their surgical staff. When things go wrong that could have been avoided, that have caused further harm or affected the length of recovery, that may be where negligence arises.

Surgical errors can take many forms, for example:

• Failure to operate with the appropriate urgency for the condition (e.g. aggressive cancer tumour removal, heart health procedures and stenting procedures, appendicitis).
• Adjacent organ, nerve or bodily structure damage (e.g. blood loss from arterial perforation, damage to non-surgery organs, removal of the incorrect organ, tissue or appendage).
• Failure to remove surgical objects (e.g. swabs, instruments, etc) from the surgical site, resulting in complications for recovery and further surgery.
• Post operative failure to monitor or take precautions to prevent avoidable infection.

I signed a consent form for my surgery, how does that affect my ability to claim?

Even if you signed a surgical consent form where the risks versus the benefits of surgery had been fully explained to you; there is a large difference between injury caused through inherent risks of surgery versus negligence caused by a surgeon or surgical team.

When surgery is undertaken, you place your faith in professionals to be able to undertake the surgery successfully as a reasonable professional should. You do not expect to suffer a surgical mistake and further surgery and treatment.

Even if you had signed a consent form, you are more than welcome to contact our team for a free discussion and for them to explain the law surrounding your matter, and explore whether you may have a claim.

We fight for answers, justice and compensation.

Our healthcare system is a fantastic thing whether Private or NHS, however clinical practitioners (GP’s, Doctors, hospital consultants, surgeons and pharmacists) still owe a duty of care to the patients that they treat.

When the standard of care falters and causes accidents, it can often be difficult to get a clear answer as to what went wrong when a surgical mistake happens, why it went wrong and what has been done to prevent history repeating itself.

Our robust and tenacious team of medical negligence solicitors and lawyers act for you, to find the answers to your questions, provide access to leading oncology professionals, access to alternative treatments and therapies that may not be available on the NHS and financial compensation.

Meet our medical negligence team

Our team works at all levels of claim, from minor injury claims through to catastrophic clinical negligence injuries.

To find out more about each of our team members, please click the link to their profiles:-

• William Weller – Senior Consultant Solicitor.
• Lauren Martin – Associate FCILEx Lawyer.
• James Weller – Solicitor.
• Emily Newton-Price – Trainee Solicitor.

Are there any upfront fees to make a claim?

We run our medical negligence claims on a Conditional Fee Agreement. This is more commonly known as a ‘No win, no fee’ agreement.

What this means is that we will run the claim for you. We deduct a small fee from your settlement compensation to meet our fees and expenses (which is a capped fee).  We only deduct this fee if your claim is successful.

This provides complete cost transparency and comfort at a time where a medical mistake may have left you struggling financially.

Ready to find out more?

We provide a free initial appointment and legal advice so you know where you stand and this service does not cost you a penny. You are also under no obligation to proceed your claim with us.

We would be proud to assist you. You are most welcome to contact our friendly client focussed team. Contact us through our website, by telephone, by video call or in person at our offices.