ACCIDENT AT WORK - HOSPITAL OR CARE HOME
Hospital, care home and other health workers confront a variety of potential risks and resultant injuries in their working environment. These include:-
- puncture injuries and infections resulting from the use of syringes and other equipment
- slipping on floors made wet by fluids
- handling dangerous chemicals
- back, neck and shoulder damage caused by man-handling patients
Nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers have the same general and statutory duties owed to them by their employer as other workers. If your employer breaches one of these general or statutory duties and you have a hospital accident in Scotland or an accident in a care home or otherwise suffer personal injuries, you may be entitled to compensation.
Similarly, members of the public who are injured as a result of hospital accidents in Scotland may also be entitled to compensation. The occupiers’ liability rules apply to care home accidents in Scotland and accidents in Scottish hospitals in the same way as they apply to accidents in other places.
If you’re unsure whether you may have a valid compensation claim for a personal injury caused by a Scottish hospital accident or a care home accident in Scotland whilst you were working or visiting there, call us now on 08448 700 800 to discuss how we can help or simply fill in the CALL ME box and we’ll ring you. Alternatively, you can start your claim immediately by answering a few simple questions on the CLAIM NOW page and we’ll do the rest.
Remember – If you’ve been injured in an accident in a hospital in Scotland, your claim is best dealt with by Scottish specialists and you won’t pay a penny for our help, whatever happens.