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Nerve Damage Claims

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Surgery is an anxious and stressful experience at the best of times, and we understand how traumatic it can be when something goes wrong. We’ll make your nerve damage claim as easy as possible so you can focus on getting better.

If you've sustained nerve damage due to mistakes made during surgery or some other procedure, our medical negligence solicitors can help you claim compensation.

Nerves are delicate and easily damaged during surgery. Surgical teams and other medical staff have a duty to reduce the risk of nerve damage by checking the location of nearby nerves before operating.

Nerve damage is particularly common in certain operations such as back, hip, or knee surgery or hernia repairs. You may have sustained nerve damage if you had an operation and experienced:

  • Paralysis and immobility
  • Altered sensations
  • Shooting pains
  • Tinging feelings
  • Feeling hot and cold
  • Muscle weakness.

These symptoms can be life-changing, and you deserve compensation to help you cover any expenses you might face. We can help you access the best private treatment, therapy, and rehabilitation so you make the quickest possible recovery.

Call us free today or contact us online for a free initial consultation about your nerve damage claim.

Why choose Irwin Mitchell to handle your nerve damage compensation claim?

Our medical negligence team of solicitors is larger than any other law firm in the UK. We continue to secure more compensation for our clients than any other UK law firm. We’ve helped thousands of people who’ve experienced negligent surgery.

We also accept nerve damage claims on a no win no fee basis, which means that you won’t have to pay any legal fees if your case is unsuccessful.

We know that nerve damage, whether it’s permanent or not, can be eased with the right type of rehabilitation. Our in-house team of Support and Rehabilitation Co-ordinators are trained clinical specialists who can assess the support you’d benefit from the most. Our connections with charities and support groups across the UK means we can get you help that’s close by.

Our Asset Management team of financial experts can offer you tailored advice on managing a large sum of compensation. If you need guidance on how to invest your money or make sure it lasts for as long as you need it to, they’re here to help.

Our Court of Protection solicitors can also help you to protect your compensation by setting up a personal injury trust. This stops state benefits from being influenced by your final compensation settlement.

Our Wills team can help you to protect your loved ones’ futures by setting up or adjusting your Will.

If you’re facing any issues at work through having to take time off because of your nerve damage, our Employment team are also here to support you.

We work in a way that’s most convenient and comfortable for you. Our offices are located across the UK, meaning you can visit us for a confidential chat with your solicitor somewhere that’s local to you. If you can’t travel, we can arrange to meet you at home or in hospital. We can also communicate via video or phone calls.

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More information on nerve damage claims

If you’ve experienced negligence during an operation or procedure that’s led to nerve damage, you may be entitled to make a compensation claim.

Our solicitors can advise you on if you could claim, so we encourage you to get in touch for a free initial consultation.

Once we know more about what happened to you, we’ll be able to tell you if you could make a claim and how much you could be entitled to.

Compensation can make a real difference to your life, helping you access the healthcare and support you need to make the best possible recovery.

By making a nerve damage claim with us, we can get you funds which can help pay for:

  • Physiotherapy
  • Psychological therapy
  • Private surgery (where appropriate)
  • Expenses (such as travel costs to hospital appointments)
  • Loss of income
  • Any aids or equipment you need
  • Household adaptations.

The amount of compensation you get will depend on the severity of your injuries and the likelihood that you’ll make a full recovery. We’ll seek expert opinions on what care you’ll need and will make sure that your compensation can cover their suggestions.

If the medical professional or organisation that performed your negligent surgery accepts responsibility for your injuries, we can help you get interim payments. These are early compensation payments that can help you to fund trips to hospital, medical treatment, and make up for any loss of earnings you may have experienced. Interim payments are deducted from your final compensation amount.

The usual time limit in nerve damage compensation claims is three years. The limit starts from the date you received negligent care that caused your nerve damage. If you learned later that your nerve damage was caused by medical negligence, the three-year limit will begin from this date.

There are two exceptions to this three-year limit:

  • Children under 18 years old (the three-year limit begins when a child reaches the age of 18, so the claim must be brought by their 21st birthday)
  • People without the mental capacity to make their own claim.

If someone lacks the mental capacity to make their own claim, you may be able to claim on their behalf.

We’re able to handle most medical negligence claims using a no win no fee agreement. If you make a no win no fee claim, you won’t need to pay anything upfront and you won’t incur any fees if your claim is unsuccessful.

You’ll only need to pay if your claim succeeds, and even then, most of our fees will be paid by your opponent.

We’ll need to take out an After The Event (ATE) insurance policy on your behalf, which ensures there’s no financial risk to you. We’ll discuss the finer details and alternative funding options before we start working for you.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is nerve damage?

Nerves are fibres that carry information around your body and are vital to everything that your body does. Damage to a nerve can interrupt this information and cause a range of potentially life-changing symptoms.

This information includes your brain telling your body what to do and your body telling your brain what it senses, e.g. heat and pain. There are also nerves that control involuntary processes in your body such as digestion or heart rate.

Nerve damage can stop your brain’s orders from reaching certain body parts or interfere with the sensations that you feel.

How does nerve damage happen?

Surgical staff must take care to check the location of nearby nerves when operating anywhere in the body. This helps them avoid damaging a nerve by cutting, burning, stretching, or compressing it during the operation.

Medical staff can check where nerves are with radiology before the operation or visually during the procedure itself.

The most common forms of surgical nerve damage are:

  • Severance of the radial nerve
  • Nerve severance during hip replacement surgery
  • Nerve severance during knee replacement surgery
  • Spinal cord injury by epidural.

If you’ve been affected by one of these types of surgical nerve injury or any other, please contact us to find out how you can make a nerve damage claim.

What are the symptoms of nerve damage?

Nerve damage can cause a range of symptoms, such as:

  • Paralysis and immobility
  • Altered sensations
  • Shooting pains
  • Tingling feelings
  • Feeling hot or cold
  • Muscle weakness.

These symptoms can have a huge impact on your quality of life and prevent you doing normal day-to-day activities. They can also affect your mental wellbeing and lead to psychological issues such as stress, anxiety, or depression.

If you’ve experienced any of these symptoms following surgery, you may be able to make a nerve damage compensation claim.

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Related Information - Nerve Damage Claims

Spinal Surgery Claims - more information if you have been injured by spinal surgery
What Is Medical Negligence? - our guide to making a medical negligence compensation claim
Rehabilitation - we can help plan your road to recovery through rehabilitation and support
Support and Rehabilitation Coordinators - our Support and Rehabilitation Coordinators can help you access a variety of care and support services

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