Legal aid or public funding is available for NHS negligence cases through a limited number of franchised firms. Public funding may be free, or there may be a financial contribution to be made, and so we will discuss with you whether you want to pursue your no win no fee medical negligence or medical negligence claim this way and we will guide you through the process.

An example of this case is your household policy, after the event insurance, sometimes called no win no fee trade union, if you or a member of your family is a trade union member you should always contact the union to see if special terms are available.

How long you have to make claims for NHS negligence?  Legal action must be taken within three years of the date you first knew, or could reasonably have been expected to know, that you have suffered an injury caused through someone else's fault. 

In special cases, the court has discretion to allow cases of NHS negligence to go ahead out of time.  For injury to children, proceedings have to be started before the 21st birthday.  Time does not run out while a person is mentally incapable. Other considerations need to be settled to secure the success of your case. Seek guidance from a professional to ensure everything will be alright.   

How do NHS negligence claims made?  Negligence claims, in a similar way to personal injury claims, are made up of a series of hurdles. If you don't clear one hurdle, you don't move onto the next.  Solicitors would make get your medical records and check them.  Specialist or medical experts will then be instructed to consider whether or not the treatment was negligent, and if it was, what damage it did.

Several steps might be undergone for you to have a better or best claim for your case of NHS negligence. These step might have include what I’ve mentioned above, depending on what your solicitor will ask from you. You have the responsibility to gather and provide information needed by the solicitor to push through with your case. This would help him a lot to plan for what to do with your case, for you to have a positive result, and for his efforts and your money to pay out. It would be of great help on the success of your claim.