{"id":14346,"date":"2013-11-22T11:34:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T11:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=14346"},"modified":"2016-02-11T17:49:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T17:49:19","slug":"have-you-been-the-victim-of-medical-negligence-at-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2013\/11\/22\/have-you-been-the-victim-of-medical-negligence-at-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you been the victim of medical negligence at Hospital?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t think there are many people out there who enjoy going to hospital (if there are any at all!) – but from time to time we all need to have things done to keep us fit and healthy or help us get back to normal if something awful happens.<\/p>\n

But what if something happens that we didn’t expect to happen? What if you went to hospital for some straightforward treatment and ended up with some form of serious injury or adverse problem? Can you make a claim for hospital medical negligence<\/a> for what has happened?
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Can you claim?<\/h2>\n

Whether you can claim or not normally boils down to proving whether you are a genuine victim of negligence<\/strong> or whether you are the unfortunate victim of an inherent risk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Most treatments and operations carry with them inherent risks, and it is the duty of the NHS to correctly warn and advise you of any risks involved with any procedures or treatments they recommend to be carried out.<\/p>\n

So if something does go terribly wrong, you do not automatically have the right to make a NHS hospital medical negligence claim – it’s all about whether a mistake has been made.<\/p>\n

What’s a mistake compared to an inherent risk?<\/h3>\n

Examples of a mistake that should not have happened at all:<\/strong><\/p>\n