Surgical Error Compensation Claims
Tollers appreciates how stressful it can be to visit a hospital for treatment or an operation. The NHS performs over four million surgical procedures every year, and the vast majority are successful thanks to the skill and experience of surgeons and other hospital staff. Occasionally, however, they make mistakes, and Tollers medical negligence specialists are here to help you if you have suffered due to surgical error.
Types of surgical error
Surgery can be complicated, and requires significant accuracy and skill. Cases of surgical error can include, but are not limited to:
- contamination
- damage to nerves, tissues, muscles or organs during surgery
- failure to dress a wound, or to suture or stitch correctly
- failure to warn
- incorrect anaesthetic
- infection
- retained swabs or foreign objects
- operating on the wrong body part
- surgery on the wrong patient
How Tollers can help with a surgical error claim
Tollers medical negligence experts have extensive experience dealing with claims for the consequences of surgical error, and we appreciate that in addition to compensation, you may need further surgery or treatment to correct the damage. As well as helping you claim for financial compensation, we can arrange for remedial treatment to minimise the suffering that surgical error has caused. This treatment can be physical or psychological – we are well aware how errors in surgery can affect people psychologically as well as physically.
What to do next
If you have concerns about any surgical error during NHS or private treatment, we are here to help. Tollers solicitors are experts in this field, and begin by providing a free consultation – at our offices, or at your home if you prefer – on whether you have reasonable chances of success with your claim. If we believe you do, we can act on a ‘No Win No Fee’ basis.
To talk to Tollers about a surgical error compensation claim, get in touch.
