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Blindness, visual impairment or partial sight-loss can be devastating. Loss of eyesight affects every aspect of the injured person’s life, limiting their mobility, independence and self-confidence, as well as their ability to communicate, work and socialise with others or enjoy sporting and leisure activities.
When someone loses their eyesight as a result of negligent medical, surgical or ophthalmology care, they may be entitled to claim compensation.
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For more than 30 years, Boyes Turner's medical negligence solicitors have guided injured patients through the claims process to secure the compensation and specialist support that they need to manage their disability and rebuild their lives.
You can contact us by telephone or by email for free, confidential advice from a medical negligence solicitor. We will ask you to tell us briefly about your injury and your medical and ophthalmic care, and advise you about your time limits and whether we can help you investigate your claim. Once our investigations confirm you have grounds for a claim, we will notify the defendant optician or healthcare provider (usually represented by NHS Resolution) on your behalf and invite them to respond, giving them an opportunity to admit liability (responsibility for your injuries) before court proceedings are issued.
If liability is admitted, we will obtain a judgment from the court and apply for a substantial interim payment to meet your needs arising from your visual impairment disability. If the healthcare provider or NHS Resolution deny liability, we will advise you about the best way to proceed with your claim. This may involve issuing court proceedings or inviting the defendants to enter into settlement negotiations or mediation.
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We succeeded in a claim against the defendant hospital for our client’s loss of vision caused by the hospital’s failure to recognise acanthamoeba keratitis as the probable cause of infection and failure to appropriately treat the infection during the first two and a half months of treatment.
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I can’t thank you enough for taking on my case and believing in my claim - it means so much. I have been processing this after our call and it is a massive relief to finally bring this to an end - although it won’t bring back the sight lost - I hope lessons for the Trust have been taken on board so no-one else has to suffer like I have. The awarded monies will help with any assistance I may need in the future and take the pressure off a little to work so hard . I honestly want to thank you and your team from the bottom of my heart.
Ophthalmology is the area of medicine which specialises in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of eye disease so that the patient stays healthy and is able to see. Medical negligence claims relating to loss of eyesight can relate to negligent care provided by various types of eye care professionals.
Loss of eyesight compensation claims can also arise from mistakes by other types of doctors or healthcare professionals which result in the patient’s blindness or visual impairment.
Blindness or visual impairment can be caused by delayed or incorrect treatment of a patient’s eye condition, such as infection, glaucoma or retinal detachment, or can also be the result of hypoxic brain injury from oxygen deprivation during labour and birth, or neurological injury from conditions such as kernicterus, neonatal hypoglycaemia, undiagnosed brain tumour or stroke.
Mistakes in medical or ophthalmology care which can cause blindness or visual impairment and lead to compensation claims for loss of sight include:
The amount of compensation that can be claimed for loss of sight or visual impairment caused by medical negligence depends on the individual’s injury and the impact that their visual disability has on their life.
Where their loss of vision limits the individual’s ability to live independently, care for themselves, or access education or work, their claim may include compensation for:
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