Sepsis Negligence Claims

What your sepsis compensation can pay for depends on your needs. In many cases, it’s used for:

• Household adaptations
• Loss of earnings
• Healthcare costs
• Rehabilitation and therapy
• Expenses such as travel to and from medical appointments.

If your loved one has died because of a delay in the diagnosis of sepsis, we can help you:

• Recover compensation for their pain and suffering
• Recover compensation to account for financial losses caused by their death
• Cover funeral expenses
• Represent you at an inquest
• Get you the answers and apology you deserve from those responsible.

You might be able to claim if you’re the spouse or child of the person who has passed away. We can also help you make a claim if you’re the parent of a child under 18 or if you were financially dependent on the individual who lost their life.

With most sepsis medical negligence claims, you have three years from the date the negligence occurred to make a claim.

If you find out your sepsis was caused by negligence at a later point, you have three years from the date you found out.

There are exceptions to this ruling, these are:

• Children – you can claim on behalf of a child any time up to their 18th birthday. They’ve then got three years to make their own claim.
• Someone who lacks mental capacity – in this circumstance, there are no time limits to making a claim.
• Fatal claims – if you’re claiming on behalf of a loved one who died due to sepsis, you’ll either have three years from the date of their death or the date of their negligent treatment to make a claim.

Sepsis can sometimes mean that your loved one can no longer control their own finances, health, or welfare. We can help make sure that your loved one’s interests are protected by helping you obtain legal responsibility for their affairs.

Our Court of Protection team can help with:

• Disputes over social care and medical treatments
• Concerns about your ability to manage your own affairs
• Applying to manage your loved one’s affairs.

If you want to plan what should happen to you if you’re unable to make your own decisions, we could help you make a Lasting Power of Attorney. This lets you choose a person to look after your affairs in the future, specify any wishes you have, and can stipulate exactly what powers the selected person has.

Unfortunately, sepsis can be fatal and an inquest might be needed to find out how your loved one died.

Inquests can seem very daunting, but we’re here to make things a little easier. It’s important to note that inquests aren’t intended to blame people and groups for their part in their death, but to explore the facts surrounding the cause of death.

If the inquest reveals that medical negligence contributed towards the death, we could help you make a medical negligence claim. This could help secure compensation for the loss of your loved one while also making sure that similar mistakes aren’t made again.

We can also connect you to counselling services who can support you with the bereavement process while you secure the financial support you might be eligible for.