A Hospital / GP or other Healthcare provider can either as a result of specific complaint made to them or because of a specific event undertake an investigation. The event could for example be an unexpected or avoidable death or avoidable injury or harm.
The complaint will normally be department led or commissioned by Clinical Governance who will involve the necessary clinical specialists.
Any investigation will focus on an investigation to establish the facts regarding the care and treatment, review any relevant documents, conduct interviews where appropriate and identify any key learning with the aim of using this information to reduce the likelihood of future poor patient experience or injury.
If you would like to speak to our Hospital Negligence Lawyers regarding a hospital investigation, please contact us on 0808 168 5457 or complete our online contact form.
We can deal with Hospital Negligence claims in North Wales, Merseyside & The Wirral, Lancashire, St Helens and Knowsley, Widnes, Warrington & Cheshire
We are regularly instructed to assist in cases involving;
We are able to advise patients and their families on the investigation process and the options available to them.
Even when failures are identified which have resulted in significant injuries the investigation report cannot make recommendations for compensation. It is therefore vital that you obtain advice from specialist medical negligence solicitors.
Often we are instructed in cases in which the investigation report concludes that the care was adequate or that whilst there were some failures the eventual injury or death could not have been avoided. Please remember that the Hospital investigation is not an independent process and those reviewing the care and outcome are normally employed by the Hospital. We have succeeded in bringing successful claims for medical negligence and recovered substantial compensation and apologies for our clients even when the hospital investigation concluded the care was reasonable or the injury / death could not have been prevented. Therefore simply because the Hospital refuses to acknowledge failures in their investigation report does not mean there has not been negligent treatment resulting in a significant injury or death.
If you have received notification of a Hospital investigation or a hospital investigation report we would strongly recommend that you contact us for a free no obligation discussion so that we can advise you as to the process and your options.