Medical Negligence Abroad

Wherever you are in the world, if you receive medical treatment from a certified professional, they have a duty of care to make sure it’s carried out professionally and safely.

If they fail in doing this, they have failed in their duty of care to you. So, if you have experienced medical negligence abroad, you could make a claim for compensation.

Medical professionals must meet clear standards when it comes to the level of care a person should get in the UK. If your care didn’t meet these standards, then you are eligible to make a claim for medical negligence.

However, if you experienced medical negligence abroad, your claim will need to be made in line with the relevant guidelines in that jurisdiction.

Fortunately, our international connections with partners and firms across the globe means we can work with an expert lawyer in the relevant location who knows the claims process and has the experience to help get you the compensation you deserve.

There are varying time limits in different countries around the world for bringing a compensation claim. In the UK, the time limit is normally three years, but the limit can be significantly shorter in other countries.

For this reason, you should get in touch as soon as possible to begin your claim. This helps to make sure you are claiming within the relevant country’s specific time limit and makes it easier for us to gather all the evidence needed to support your claim.

The details of the incident will also be fresher in your mind and the minds of any witnesses, too, which can aid your claim.

Yes, if you are still abroad through needing to be in hospital or not being well enough to make the return journey to the UK, we advise you to contact us about making a claim. This will ensure you are making a claim within the time limit specific to that country.

We can begin gathering evidence and putting your claim together while you are recovering abroad. We will just need to know how best to communicate with you while abroad—these details can be updated once you are back home.

If you live abroad and experienced medical negligence, we can also help you to make a claim. Get in touch with us to talk about what happened to you.

Your first step to making a medical negligence abroad claim is to contact us. We will arrange a free initial consultation where you can discuss your circumstances with a solicitor and they will advise you if you could claim compensation. They will also advise you if you can pursue your case in England, Scotland, Wales or abroad and where would be best.

There’s no obligation to go any further than this initial consultation. However, if you choose to pursue your claim with us, we will start by gathering all available evidence to prove you had substandard care.

Evidence we can use to support a claim for medical negligence abroad includes:

• Medical bills
• Medical records
• Witness statements
• Receipts, such as for medication
• Photographs.

If the case can be pursued in England, Scotland or Wales, we will then contact the individual or medical institution responsible, present them with the evidence and inform them we intend to make a claim against them. If they accept liability for the negligent care and the amount of compensation we feel you need, we will be able to settle your claim faster.

If responsibility is admitted early, we will also work to get you interim payments, which are made ahead of your claim being settled. Interim payments are taken out of your final compensation settlement and can be used to pay for ongoing treatment and supplement loss of earnings if you have been unable to work.

If your opponent disputes how much compensation we feel you need or won’t accept responsibility, we will need to prove the care you received was substandard and was their fault. In this case, we will need to begin court proceedings to present the evidence.

If your case has to be pursued abroad, we can work with specialist lawyers in the relevant country to get you the best outcome.