The process of making a claim following a case of medical negligence can be long, drawn out, and exhaustive.

The landscape of clinical negligence is complex, difficult to navigate, and treacherous to those who are not knowledgeable and experienced enough to tackle the many nuances and details that claims can throw up.

Choosing a suitable lawyer or solicitor to represent your interests in a medical negligence claim is crucial to your chances of success. Unlike other, more straightforward personal injury claims, medical negligence claims involve lengthy procedures that must be dealt with by qualified professionals.

If you were to make an uninformed choice of solicitor, perhaps just plumping for one of the many no win no fee lawyers who currently ply their trade on the high streets of UK towns and cities, you could find yourself being represented in your medical negligence claim by a lawyer who is under-qualified, under-experienced and lacking the vital knowledge about how to push your claim through the system.

Making a claim through First4Lawyers

By making the decision to contact First4Lawyers at the very first opportunity after you make up your mind to pursue your medical negligence claim, you give yourself the best possible chance of success. Once you have passed on the details of your situation to First4Lawyers, your claim will be referred to a certified medical negligence solicitor who specialises in this particularly tricky area of the law.

Your claim will be processed thoroughly to ensure that no stone is left unturned and no unexpected surprises come out of the dark to derail your claim at a later stage.

You will then be guided through the NHS complaints procedure if your claim is against an NHS hospital or GP surgery. There are various junctures in NHS complaints at which a local resolution may be reached, saving everyone precious time and money. Medical solicitors will help you at every step along the way, helping you to gain access to legal aid if appropriate and necessary, making sure you are not left out of pocket as you seek compensation.

If your claim is against a private medical or dental institution, a properly trained and qualified medical solicitor will be able to guide you through that institution’s complaints procedure and make sure that you do not fall at the first hurdle of your claim.

Sensitivity during the claims process

You can tell when a solicitor is a professional, expert medical negligence solicitor simply by observing their approach to your claim. You will notice a degree of sensitivity that is appropriate to the highly sensitive, emotional nature of medical negligence claims and this approach will help to put you at ease as you go back over what might well have been a very traumatic experience, in order to be properly compensated.