Hospital Acquired Infections

If you are unfortunate enough to be taken into hospital, at the very least you expect to stay in a clean and sterile environment and somewhere which is designed to ensure your safety and care. Sadly this is often not the case. Infections such as MRSA and C Difficile are now widespread in most UK hospitals, and caused by cleanliness problems in hospitals and poor infection control.

Delay in diagnosis of a hospital acquired infection can often lead to deterioration in a patient's health or even death.

Common types of hospital acquired infections:

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (more commonly known as MRSA)
C Difficile (clostridium difficile)
Bacterial infections such as E coli and klebsiella

To prove a claim for medical negligence the person claiming must be able to show that the source of the infection arose in the hospital and that there had been a failure to treat it adequately or at all.

Pardoes Medical Negligence Team

The Pardoes Medical Negligence team have extensive experience in dealing with hospital acquired infection claims. If you have contracted any type of hospital acquired infection, we could help you recover compensation.