What is Clinical Negligence? This is proving that the standard of care received
from a health care professional fell below that of a reasonably competent health
care professional in the same area of medicine and that this caused a physical or
mental injury.
Sadly many thousands of people each year suffer avoidable injuries or harm as a
result of negligence whilst under the care of doctors, surgeons, nurses or other
health professionals. Recently the Public Accounts Committee revealed that medical
negligence affects 1 in 10 patients staying in UK hospitals. The same report estimated
that nearly 1 million people have suffered unnecessarily as a result of medical
blunders made by health care professionals.