Hospital Negligence & Hospital Injuries*

Hospitals in Ireland are seriously exposed to hospital negligence claims. In 2008, there were an astounding 83,661 adverse incidents recorded in hospitals in Ireland, according to data supplied by the State Claims Agency, which runs a clinical indemnity scheme for hospitals in Ireland. In total, the agency paid out nearly …

Introduction: Clinical Malpractice Compensation Claims for clinical malpractice compensation have been rising, and several thousand claims are made each year against hospitals, clinics, doctors and other medical practitioners for illnesses such as MRSA contracted in a hospital, operations that have gone wrong and treatments that have failed. Claims are often …

A surgical error claim can be made in Ireland when a surgeon or nurse has committed an error which has resulted in a patient being injured. In order to make a successful surgical error claim in Ireland, it is necessary to prove ‘on the balance of probabilities’ that the actions …

Compensation claims for hospital malpractice differ from general hospital accident compensation claims, for when hospital malpractice occurs there is often a breach of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 – which can lead to far more serious consequences than a slip or a fall. Hospital malpractice is classified by the Medical …

A hospital injury can take the form of an accident while you are in the hospital or be due to malpractice by a medical practitioner. These could be instances where you have suffered from a trip on an uneven surface or have been misdiagnosed with an illness which you do …

Do you have a real claim? It can be hard to accept that human failure is a fact of life, and even when we put ourselves in the hands of professionals, errors will occur. As in-demand hospital negligence solicitors we find that apart from compensation, often people need to understand …

Hospital negligence claims are becoming more prevalent in Ireland every year. This is no surprise, since statistics demonstrate that more people have been killed or permanently disabled in hospitals due to medical incidents than were injured in road traffic accidents. International figures show that 4-16% of patients in hospitals are …