Anybody Sued NHS?

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Need some advice...has anyone Sued NHS without solicitor for late diagnosis, failure of duty if care? If yes, was it straight forward, any advice?

NC for obvious reasons.

I'm currently going through this process. Clinical negligence in my case. I'm using a well-known No Win No Fee firm of solicitors. If you have a reasonable case, I would think you could find a NWNF solicitor to help you. As a layman, there's no way I would be able to pursue this by myself. It's a very complex area.

As per a previous poster, there are time limits within which you have to act. I think it was 3 years from the date that you became aware of or suspected negligence.

You have to have a solicitor. we are in this position currently and our solicitor has needed expert witness reports (4) costing thousands of pounds alone. You will always need an expert witness, not something you could commission yourself. You also need to employ a barrister as well as the legal team to represent you in court. No way you could do this alone. Its not a small claims court, its highly technical and difficult. Negligence doesn't always mean causality, and what you believe was negligence may not have been the case if the practitioner acted in a way any reasonable practitioner of similar skill would have acted. Its a minefield. Go NWNF as its the simplest. You won't get Legal Aid for an adult.

Yes 3 years from the time you were aware there had been faults, is the time limit for an adult.

You will find it easier with a solicitor to advise you and 'fight your corner' . Most will act under no win no fee if you have a case with reasonable prospects so you don't have to fund any costs up front