Despite nurses providing an excellent service in an under-resource health service, there are times when mistakes happen with disastrous consequences. When these unfortunate situations occur, you may be entitled to claim compensation for nursing negligence in Ireland.

Claims for nursing negligence in Ireland have to show how a lack of nursing care resulted in an injury – as there are circumstances in which a mistake by a nurse may not have caused an injury and it may have been sustained irrespective of the treatment that was provided. Also, it may not have been the nurse´s fault that you suffered an injury if he or she was provided with the wrong notes or instructions due to an administrative error or a mistake made by a doctor.

Therefore, unlike most other personal injury claims, the Injuries Board Ireland will decline to assess claims for nursing negligence in Ireland. This is because successful claims for nursing negligence are determined by medical opinion rather than tangible evidence, and a medical negligence solicitor will have to show that “in the circumstances and at the time” an error was made which resulted in a loss, an avoidable injury or the deterioration of an existing condition.

In order to find out more about nursing negligence in Ireland and to establish that you have a claim for nursing negligence which is worth your while to pursue, you should speak with a medical negligence solicitor at the first practical opportunity.