NHS group actions can be claims for compensation arising from events of negligence where multiple people have been affected and where we can represent individuals for claims.
Common examples can include privacy breaches or medical negligence and product liability cases. We have vast experience in all these areas of law, and the best place to start is to contact our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.
NHS group actions for data breaches
One of the more common types of NHS group actions we represent people for now relates to privacy breaches. Nowadays, a significant amount of the group and multi-party legal actions that we have launched in recent years have been for data breaches, leaks and hacks. One of the reasons for this is that many incidents are taking place and they often affect large numbers of people, which is precisely the kind of legal work that we focus on.
There have been significant incidents such as the 2015 56 Dean Street Clinic leak where the personal information relating to HIV statuses of almost 800 people was leaked. More recently, there was the mass snooping incident involving the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts, where nearly 2,000 people were notified that their information may have been accessed without good reason or authority. There was also the NHS Digital information breach, which involved consent issues not being complied with.
Ultimately, if there has been an incident where more than one person has been affected by an NHS data breach, that is when we may be able to represent people for claims for compensation.
Medical negligence and product liability
NHS group actions involving medical negligence and product liability matters are also types of work that we have significant experience in and can help people with. Anyone who has suffered due to the malpractice of a particular surgeon or medical professional who has affected many people could be eligible to pursue a claim, for example. There have also been incidents of hernia and vaginal mesh matters where negligence has applied in respect of advice and information about risk information that was issued.
When it comes to product liability matters, these can be a little bit different because the negligence often comes down to the manufacturers rather than the NHS itself. However, a claim may still need to be channelled via the NHS in some way, and we saw this in some cases in respect of the PIP breast Implant Scandal of 2012, in which we have recovered over £1.3m in damages so far, mainly against private companies.
Anyone who has been affected by an incident of this nature could be eligible to pursue compensation for any pain, suffering and loss of amenity that has been caused, as well as for any losses and expenses.
Free, no-obligation legal help now
If you need to join or discuss launching NHS group actions for compensation as a result of negligence matters, we may be able to help you in respect of a legal action on a No Win, No Fee basis.
The first place to start is to contact our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now. We can usually tell you quickly if your case is one that we can help you with. If we can help you, we could get a case moving forward without delay.
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