| Medical negligence is an emerging issue in almost | | | | practitioner. |
| every part of the world. It arises due to | | | | According to the UK law, the negligence of the |
| professional incompetence, and the malpractice of | | | | medical practitioner is judged in relation to his/her |
| medical practitioners. Several issues arise due to | | | | peers. If, under particular circumstances, other |
| the wrong diagnosis, and treatment of the patient. | | | | professionals have acted in the similar way, then |
| In order to control the medical negligence issues, | | | | the act of the medical practitioner is not taken |
| the health care process has been brought under | | | | negligent. It further states that if a particular |
| scrutiny of the common person as well as the | | | | method of treatment does not fall to the |
| court. | | | | standards of logical analysis, the treatment will be |
| In United Kingdom, some laws, and regulations | | | | considered as a negligent act. |
| deal with the standards for professional | | | | The standard regulations provide margin for |
| competence, and the appropriateness of | | | | out-of-the-court settlements. A legal expert can |
| therapeutic and diagnostic methods. Law grants | | | | present the case in front of the faulty, or the |
| equal rights of healthcare to the citizens of its | | | | hospital administration. He/she can also claim for |
| state. Any individual who has suffered loss on the | | | | the compensation money, calculated according to |
| hands of doctor can complaint about the | | | | a specific formula. If the defendant disputes the |
| misconduct of the doctor. | | | | case, the legal bodies can come into play. The |
| The clinical negligence, giving rise to death, or | | | | plaintiff has the chance to take his/her plea to the |
| permanent disability is treated under the law. The | | | | court. |
| victim or his/her relatives have the right to claim | | | | The court is a governmental institution that has |
| for the compensation money. The compensation | | | | the right to punish the wrong. In the clinical |
| is payable under specific circumstances such as | | | | negligence issue, the court uses its authority to |
| childbirth related problem, cerebral palsy, and | | | | adjudicate this legal dispute according to the rule |
| surgical errors. | | | | of law. It allows both the parties to defend |
| According to the standard regulations, legal action | | | | themselves. |
| has to be taken within three years. In special | | | | If the applicant succeeds in proving the breach of |
| cases, such as child injury cases, the court may | | | | duty of a doctor, the court may bind the doctor |
| allow to report the cases even after three years | | | | to pay the compensation money to the victim. In |
| of the happening. Moreover, the patient who has | | | | such case, the court not only pronounces its |
| suffered mental instability due to negligence has | | | | verdict, but also arranges for its implementation. If |
| no restriction for reporting. At specific occasions, | | | | not implemented, the court has the right to cancel |
| judges have the right to override these limitations. | | | | the licence of the practitioner. Thus, United |
| In all the cases, the claimant has to prove the | | | | Kingdom has enforced clear regulations for |
| fault of the doctor. He/she has to show that the | | | | medical negligence. |
| harm has been caused by the negligence of the | | | | |