Including private treatment as part of medical negligence claim

It can be possible to recover the cost of private treatment as part of a medical negligence claim, and we can look to do this for you as part of a legal case that you pursue with us.

Read on for some advice about how we may be able to do this. To get tailored legal advice about your situation, and to find out if we could help you launch a case today, please do not hesitate to contact our team here now.

General Damages: pain, suffering and loss of amenity

One of the primary things that you could claim for in a medical negligence legal action is General Damages. This can be for any pain, suffering and loss of amenity caused, which is designed to compensate you for what you have had to endure, and what you may have to endure in the future, in terms of physical and mental pain.

Typically, valuing the General Damages element of a case is done by using official guidelines and using our own expert insights, as well as medical evidence that we use as part of proving the case. It is really down to the impact and severity of how you have been affected so, in general, the more you suffer, the more you could be eligible to recover in compensation.

However, there is much more to it than just the pain and suffering part of a case. As we will explain below, you could also be eligible to recover losses and expenses.

Claiming the cost of private treatment as part of a case

There is also the element of Special Damages in a claim for medical negligence compensation which is about recovering amounts for any losses and expenses incurred. One such expense could be recovering the cost of private treatment as part of a claim for compensation if it will help you to recover better and quicker.

Ultimately, if private treatment is going to help you, you could be eligible to use this as reasonable grounds to recover the cost of private treatment as part of any final settlement, or as part of an interim settlement. An interim damages settlement is a part payment early before a case is resolved, and this can often be for things such as treatment and surgery costs, if it will help. The defendant in a case has a duty to help you to recover as quickly as possible and in the best way possible, so if claiming the cost of private treatment as part of a case is going to achieve that, we can see that as reasonable grounds to be able to do so.

Free, no-obligation legal advice

You could be eligible to pursue a medical negligence compensation claim on a No Win, No Fee basis with our leading team of expert personal injury solicitors. This way of working allows for access to justice and means that we can write off our legal fees if the case does not succeed, and all you need to do is comply with the reasonable terms and conditions in place.

The first place to start to see if we can help you is to contact our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.  We can assess your circumstances and we will try to tell you as quickly as possible if your claim is one that we can move forward for you.