Hospital Negligence Claim*

Hospital negligence is when you experience poor medical care in a hospital setting. The hospital negligence is medical care of such a poor standard that no other medical practitioner would give the same care in similar circumstances. 

You may suffer hospital negligence in a Health Service Executive, HSE, hospital or in a private medical care facility. Medical negligence is an injury caused by a medical professional when providing you with medical care. 

When the medical negligence happens in a hospital, you may have a hospital negligence claim* against the HSE or private medical care clinic. 

Medical negligence in a hospital could be:

The hospital management must ensure that the hospital is always run at an acceptable level of care. HSE cutbacks, low staffing levels and busy doctors can lead to medical negligence, but you should not have to suffer for life as a result. 

Hospital negligence is below acceptable medical care in a hospital setting. If you suffer an injury due to hospital negligence, you could have a medical negligence claim* for compensation. 

PBN Litigation Solicitors can look at your case and see if you have a valid medical negligence claim* for compensation.

Common claims* for hospital negligence in Ireland range from failing to refer you for further tests to a missed diagnosis of a broken bone to errors in reading an X-ray or MRI scan. 

Any hospital negligence can lead to a condition getting worse, delays in beginning the correct treatment or health issues leading from a misdiagnosis or incorrect treatment plan. 

Types of common claims* for hospital negligence in Ireland:

When a surgeon nicks a nerve during routine surgery, they could cause lasting damage, unnecessary pain and discomfort and cause an injury that could affect the patient for life. 

If you had surgery for a hip replacement and the surgeon nicked a nearby nerve, you may need a long period of rehabilitation, and a course of physiotherapy, and you could be in a lot of pain by having unnecessary medical treatment. 

A surgeon must approach every operation with due care and attention. If they breach that duty of care due to carelessness, exhaustion, or inexperience, you could have a medical negligence compensation claim*.

A misdiagnosis of diabetes by a hospital consultant could put your life in danger, place you on the wrong treatment path and cause you many months of unnecessary pain while on the wrong medication.

To misdiagnose diabetes as a digestion issue or another condition and not start you on a course of insulin could be life-threatening. 

The hospital consultant must give you full professional medical treatment when in their care. They should analyse your test results, order further tests if necessary and compare their observations with your medical records. 

You could have a medical negligence claim* for compensation if you suffer due to a lack of medical care by a hospital consultant.

A missed diagnosis of cancer by a hospital consultant is a major fear for many people, and the effects of a missed cancer diagnosis may be life-changing for a patient. 

You trust a hospital consultant to use their knowledge and medical experience to make a correct diagnosis of your cancer. For them to miss the diagnosis of cancer due to a lack of professional treatment is medical negligence by the consultant. 

A missed cancer diagnosis can put you on the incorrect treatment path, delay the beginning of your cancer treatment and have you on a course of medication unsuitable for your condition. 

The earlier you get a cancer diagnosis, the better it will be for your treatment. To have a missed diagnosis of cancer could be hospital negligence, and you may have a medical negligence compensation claim*.

If a hospital doctor misses a broken bone on an X-ray, you could be sent home with a broken leg that is only going to get worse until you get the correct diagnosis. Often, the only solution is surgery to set the broken bone, which was missed on the original X-ray. 

The hospital doctor, be it an orthopaedic consultant or an A&E doctor, should order the X-ray and read it with due care and attention. To miss a broken bone should not happen; being tired or too busy is not a reason for negligent treatment by healthcare professionals. 

If you suffer due to a doctor missing a broken bone on an X-ray, you may have a hospital negligence compensation claim*.

Wrong-site surgery by a hospital surgeon can happen if they operate on the left instead of the right lung or begin to replace the right knee when the left one is due for surgery.

Wrong-site surgery can happen if the surgeon and the surgical team do not read a patient’s notes correctly. It can also happen if the wrong patient is sent for surgery or if there is a mix-up in patient notes and the wrong set of notes is given to the surgeon. 

The wrong-site surgery can have lasting effects on a patient. It could give them a lifetime fear of surgery and cause a lot of unnecessary pain and discomfort. It will also increase their time in hospital and cause delays to the genuine surgery. 

If you suffer the hospital negligence of wrong-site surgery, you may have a medical negligence claim* for compensation. 

PBN Litigation Solicitors have the experience to handle your medical negligence claim* and get you the compensation you deserve for the suffering.

Compensation for hospital negligence in Ireland can range from the low €10,000s for a missed broken bone in the hand to awards of more than £10 million for birth defect injuries for which your child may need full-time personal care for life and have adaptions made to the home.  

There is not one fixed compensation award for medical negligence claims*, and your solicitor can only give you an idea of what is possible when you suffer an injury in an HSE hospital or private clinic. 

Every compensation claim* is different. You may suffer a missed diagnosis of a cardiac condition which gets worse, affecting your ability to drive, getting to work or provide for the family. 

With your hospital negligence claim*, you seek damages for the effect of the injury due to medical negligence on you today and your future life. 

PBN Litigation Solicitors can explain how the process works and how your hospital negligence claim* will be a combination of two types of damages.

Yes, you may claim on behalf of a loved one for hospital negligence. The financial dependents of a loved one who suffered due to hospital negligence can make a claim for compensation in the case of their death or mental or physical incapacity to make the claim*.  

If your spouse or adult dependent suffers due to hospital negligence, such as the misdiagnosis of a stroke or a cardiac event, you may be able to claim on their behalf for the cost of personal care for life, adaptations to the home and any ongoing medical treatments and therapy.  

PBN Litigation Solicitors can help with your claim from day one. We can advise you who is eligible for compensation and be with you when making the hospital negligence compensation claim*.

The medical professional who made the error in your medical treatment is at fault for the hospital negligence. You trust a hospital doctor to give you medical care at an acceptable standard, and if they do not, it could be medical negligence. 

Medical negligence is medical care below acceptable standards. Hospital negligence cases in Ireland come from medical care below that which other medical professionals would provide. You may have a hospital negligence claim* if you suffer due to medical negligence when in hospital. 

The medical professional at fault for your substandard medical care could be:

If you suffer medical negligence while in hospital, such as poor surgical care, you may have a hospital negligence compensation claim*.

There are a few steps to follow when you make a hospital negligence claim* in Ireland. Making any medical negligence claim* may seem daunting, especially if you have a serious condition due to substandard care and are focusing on recovery. 

You may be worried about taking on the HSE, the well-known hospital consultant or the private medical provider, but with the help of expert advice from your medical negligence solicitors, you can navigate your way through what could be a complex process.  

The steps to follow when making a hospital negligence claim* in Ireland are:  

You have two years to make a claim* for medical negligence in Ireland. If you are outside the time limit, you are very unlikely to be able to make a claim. 

In a hospital negligence claim* in Ireland, you must have all the paperwork in place and filed within the time limit. Your PBN Litigation Solicitor can help with the claim process and give you a checklist for what is needed to file the compensation claim*. 

When your child suffers from hospital negligence, such as a birth defect due to medical negligence, the parent has until they turn 18 to make a hospital negligence claim*. 

Once a child turns 18, they then have two years to make a hospital negligence claim*, proving their parents did not make one on their behalf previously. 

You may make a claim outside of the two-year limit only if the date of knowledge of injury allows it. The date of knowledge is the date you became aware the injury was due to negligence in hospital. 

If another medical professional later diagnoses the previously missed cancer, they might be able to show how the cancer diagnosis was missed more than two years back. In such cases, your two-year limit to claim may begin on the day of the correct diagnosis. 

In all cases of medical negligence, the sooner you begin the hospital negligence claim* process, the better it will be for the case. It is preferable to write down what happened while it is fresh in your memory and while medical evidence can clearly show the negligence during treatment. 

PBN Litigation Solicitors can look at the details of your claim and get started on a valid claim* within the time limits.

Yes, you may make a claim against the private hospital or medical clinic as you would against the HSE. Medical negligence is medical negligence, and it does not matter if it happens in a public or private hospital, you may still claim* compensation. 

An error by a medical professional is medical negligence. You can have the same types of medical negligence in a private hospital as you would in a public one. Just because you are paying for the medical care does not mean medical negligence will not happen. 

A private hospital will have a legal team who will engage with you when you make a complaint of medical negligence. 

PBN Litigation Solicitors have the experience of dealing with legal teams and will guide you through your hospital negligence claim* against the private hospital or clinic.

Fatal hospital negligence is when a patient dies due to medical negligence by hospital staff. Unfortunately, the death of a patient due to hospital negligence happens, and those left behind may make a fatal hospital negligence claim*. 

It could be that surgical negligence causes internal bleeding that goes unnoticed, or a failure to diagnose Sepsis or a heart attack in time causes the death of a patient. A missed diagnosis of cancer may make the condition difficult to treat, and an error during childbirth can cause the death of the newborn or the mother. 

The financial dependents of the deceased may be able to make the claim* for fatal hospital negligence. If the husband, wife, or children of the deceased rely on them for financial security, they may be able to make the fatal hospital negligence claim* for compensation. 

The dependents may be compensated for the loss of income today and in the future due to the fatal hospital negligence. Depending on the circumstances, the dependents may have a substantial claim* when they lose a family member due to fatal hospital negligence. 

PBN Litigation Solicitors can help with your fatal hospital negligence claim* in what can be very upsetting times for those left behind after the death of a loved one.

Make a claim* for hospital negligence today by contacting PBN Litigation Solicitors. 

If you have suffered an injury while in hospital due to medical negligence by a healthcare professional, then PBN Litigation Solicitors have the experience and expertise to manage your compensation claim*.  

You, the client, are the one injured and in recovery. The last thing you should have to worry about is dealing with the HSE, the private hospital or the courts when recovering from your illness or injury due to hospital negligence. 

PBN Litigation Solicitors can take on your case and work with you to get the compensation you deserve.

We pride ourselves in taking the stress out of medical negligence litigation by providing a service dedicated to the client.  

Contact PBN Litigation Solicitors today for all your medical negligence needs.