Accident and Emergency Claims

If you or a member of your family thinks they have a claim for medical negligence that occurred during A&E treatment, get in touch with one of our legal experts today.

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Poor A&E care can be life-changing

A&E departments at hospital are busy and staff can make mistakes. Sometimes these errors lead to patients suffering life changing injuries or dying unexpectedly. If you, or someone close to you has suffered because of poor care in A&E you might be able to make a claim for compensation.

All the options, in language you can understand

By speaking to one of our accident and emergency claims specialists, you will find out whether you might be entitled to compensation. We will explain all the options open to you in plain language, and if a claim goes ahead, we will guide you through every step of the way.

Financial security for the future

A successful claim can provide financial security for the future, for example if you are unable to work because of the injury, or require specialist equipment, therapy or care. It can also help you understand what went wrong, and who is responsible. While it won’t turn the clock back it can help give you a sense of closure for what’s happened.

Tees are a very efficient and friendly organisation. They believe in providing the ultimate customer care and deliver on this consistently.

Examples of A&E medical negligence claims

A&E claims normally involve one or more of the following:

  • not taking a proper history from the patient
  • failure to examine properly
  • missing signs of deterioration
  • failure to investigate 
  • mistakes interpreting test results and scans
  • incorrect or slow diagnosis
  • missed diagnosis of serious conditions, for example:
    • sepsis;
    • gastro-intestinal conditions such as ischaemic, perforated or obstructed bowel;
    • heart attack;
    • aortic dissection or abdominal aortic aneurysm;
    • brain injury such as stroke; bleeding in the brain (brain haemorrhage)
    • meningitis
    • Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE);
    • Spinal conditions, such as traumatic spinal cord injury, tumour, haematoma, absence and cauda equina syndrome.
  • missed fractures
  • wrong treatment or medication
  • delayed treatment
  • failure to appropriately refer a patient
  • hospital acquired ulcers
  • falls in-around the emergency department
  • failure to admit, wrongly sending home or not letting a patient know they should return to A&E if there’s no improvement

How a compensation claim can help 

A compensation claim can provide security and stability for the future. For example, compensation funds could relieve a stressful situation if you are unable to work because of your injury. The funds could also be used to finance your care requirements, if needed.  

Tees is a leading medical negligence law firm, recommended by Legal 500. We have a strong track record of success with claims related to medical negligence from treatment in accident and emergency.

You’ll get an honest assessment after your first consultation about whether your claim has a good chance of success. If we take it on, you won’t pay anything unless you win, because we work on a no win, no fee basis.

We’re also committed to improving medical standards by learning from our clients’ experiences and pushing for change where it’s needed.

We’re here to help

If you’d like to meet one of our medical negligence experts for a confidential, no obligation chat, please get in touch.

We have offices across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, but we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales

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