Hospital Negligence in the UK: What You Should Know

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The legal definition of medical negligence

Medical negligence is defined as the act or omission by a healthcare professional which falls below the standard set by law, resulting in harm to the patient. The different types of medical negligence include:

• Failure to diagnose a condition that’s treatable but not life threatening
• Failure to diagnose an incurable condition
• Delaying treatment until it’s too late for effective intervention

Medical negligence cases can be either criminal or civil depending on how severe they are and whether they result in death (criminal) or non-fatal injury (civil). In criminal cases, you’ll need to prove that there was intent on behalf of your doctor or nurse; this means they knew what they were doing was wrong but did it anyway. Civil cases involving hospital staff members require proof only that there was negligence–not intent–and usually result in compensation payments being paid directly from insurers rather than from individuals’ pockets directly like criminal charges would do so long as no one else besides yourself is named as party responsible for causing harm during treatment sessions held at health centers across England & Wales

 

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