Royal Sussex Hospital Under Medical Negligence Investigation
Ongoing Investigation into Allegations of Cover-Up and Medical Negligence at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
Ongoing Investigation into Allegations of Cover-Up and Medical Negligence at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
The issue of whether a person who witnesses a violent and/or shocking event caused by the negligence of another can claim compensation for any psychiatric injury they have suffered has always presented a challenge for the Courts.
Despite the incredible advances in medical care and treatment and the dedication of healthcare professionals to their patients, human frailty being as it is means that mistakes can happen and in the most tragic scenarios, medical negligence can cause death.
When it comes to undiagnosed cancer cases, the numbers are truly shocking. It is estimated that one million cancer diagnoses were missed across Europe in the last two years, and a new report suggests the impact of Covid-19 could set back European cancer results by almost a decade.
This Medical Negligence Claim Guide gives information on medical negligence claims.
It explains the patients’ rights who suffer surgical or medical negligence errors.
Hopefully most of us won’t need to know what medical negligence is, but as doctors are only human, it is likely that medical mistakes will continue to happen.
When lawyers talk about medical negligence, we are referring to carelessness, or substandard care, that has been provided by a medical professional to a patient, which has directly caused injury, or has caused an existing condition to get worse.