Introduction into Medical Negligence

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• Medical Negligence
• When you are ill and are in the hands of a
  medical professional, you have trusted these
  experts by putting your health, and sometimes
  your life in their hands.
• In the United Kingdom, we are lucky to have a
  brilliant healthcare system in place with highly
  trained medical specialists carrying out any
  procedures and operations we may need. It goes
  without saying that health practitioners do not
  intend to cause harm to any of their patients,
  but unfortunately due to circumstances, sometimes
  even highly qualified experts can make mistakes
  and when medical mistakes happen, the results can
  be devastating. An individual can be left a lot
  worse off than when they first went into
  hospital, how they are able to live their day to
  day life can be drastically affected and their
  recovery time to get back to normal can be
  prolonged by a considerable amount.
• When a healthcare professional has breached their
  duty of care (either privately or on the NHS), it
  is known as medical negligence or clinical
  negligence. These breaches can be an accident or
  mistake made during a procedure or surgery,
  hospital treatment, wrong medication prescribed,
  an incorrect diagnosis, or any suffering caused
  by negligent actions. Healthcare professionals
  can include
• Doctor
• Surgeon
• Dentist
• Care home assistant
• Pharmacist

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