MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE SOLICITORS
The rise in the number of cosmetic surgery procedures carried out in the United Kingdom has been accompanied by a corresponding rise in claims by medical negligence solicitors. More than 50,000 cosmetic surgery procedures are conducted every year with most of them being done privately. The cost of this specialist surgery runs to more £200 million annually. Most of the patients who currently have this treatment carried out are women though the percentage of men undergoing these procedures rises every year.
Most surgical procedures are carried out efficiently under the skillful hands of certified cosmetic surgeons and their equally-capable medical staff. There are times however when a patient may become injured and require the services of a firm of medical negligence solicitors. It is an unfortunate fact that only doctors who were registered after the 1st of April 2002 are covered by the training and qualification regulations of the Care Standards Act 2000 that was responsible for setting up the National Care Standards Commission which guarantees that private cosmetic surgeons and the clinics within which they operate are subject to central government control. Doctors whose practice pre-dates the 1st of April 2000 cut-off may still practice cosmetic surgery even though they may not have undergone any further specialist training.
The majority of the claims handled by medical negligence solicitors pertain to sub-standard surgical procedures or aftercare (especially in the areas of breast or facial surgery). There is also a significant percentage of claimants who perceive the outcome of their procedures to be less than satisfactory which may be made worse if they were not warned about the risks of cosmetic surgery. Not informing a patient of the possible risk factors of cosmetic surgery may also count as medical negligence.
Solicitors usually specialise and the Law Society operates a panel of specialist medical negligence solicitors whose members are authorised to apply for legal aid failing which most of them also operate the no win no fee scheme however potential claimants are usually expected to fund their own expenses and disbursements.
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