Doctors, Patients, and Solicitors Have Different Views of Hospitals

Doctors, patients, and solicitors look at hospitals very differently. For doctors, a hospital is a place of healing; a place where patients go to get relief from the things that ail them. For patients, hospitals can be a place of death; where the last breath of a loved was exhaled before being abruptly taken away. And for injury claims solicitors, hospitals may be a place where a lot of their business may be found in.

In the case of doctors, a hospital is a place where they give out advice to save the lives of patients. Many expect their patients to trust them explicitly and to follow the treatments they advise without question.

In the case of patients, hospitals are a place where their once unwavering trust of doctors was broken when their loved one died after being rushed to the emergency room. Instead of coming home together as a family, patients sometimes end up being sent to the cemetery for cremation.

In the case of injury solicitors, they will be visiting hospitals often, not because they need to consult doctors for ailments, but to find information to support the malpractice that lead to the death of some patients who came under the care of negligent doctors.

Qualities of a Good Medical Solicitor

Medical solicitors straddle the line between law and medicine. Though the experienced ones will know their way around a legal court like their own backyard, they are also highly familiar with the medical practice.

In fact, medical negligence solicitors, are so knowledgeable about medicine, some people have christened them frustrated doctors, or unqualified doctors because they lack a license to practice.

There has been talk about solicitors of other specialties being able to dive in to medical negligence and become moderately successful at it. But do people really want to get stuck with one hit wonders like many entertainers in the music industry?

No, most people take prioritisation seriously. They may compromise on things like low octane petrol or by getting rust-pronepaper clips, but when it comes to life threatening services, nothing short of the best matters.

And while they prefer the best, finding the top solicitors in a sea of pretenders is one of the hardest things to do. How can people sift through similar sounding names, brands, and even arguments to get the best of the best?

The answer is to get a person who is a solicitor first and everything else, including a doctor, second. To put it plainly, you need to get a solicitor who is seriously focused on practicing the law like it is his religious calling. Someone who will not waiver in passion, not back down when things get tough, and never leave his clients hanging in the air.

Interesting Advantage of Contingent Fee

The abolishment of legal aid in the United Kingdom, paves the way to no win no fee claim or contingent fee. Under this scheme, victims of personal injury can seek compensation without having to worry about the financial risks involved. In a contingent fee agreement, the client can compensate for the injuries including the pain and suffering sustained from an accident caused by others.

An accident can be a car crash, work-related, whiplash, medical negligence, slips/trips/falls or accident in public. Various injuries can be sustained from mishaps. For instance, in car collision, a passenger or driver may sustain whiplash, neck pain, or shoulder pain. Occupational disease can be a lung disease, asthma, burns, skin diseases, cancer or Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). 

Medical malpractice may involve incorrect prescription of medicines, allergic reaction to drugs, inaccurate diagnosis of an illness, anaesthetic errors, surgical errors, errors in plastic surgery or mistakes in dental treatment. Other incidents that may cause harm to people are slipping, falling from ladders, and tripping a tangled cable. Anyone can be entitled to compensation as long as it is proven that someone else is responsible for it. Lawyers can explain the details of the scheme. It is recommended to ask for legal advice on this aspect.