As part of a claim for personal injury compensation, you may be able to claim back additional vaginal mesh surgery costs, as well as other losses and expenses.
When you make a claim, it isn’t just compensation you receive for the pain and suffering. The idea is that you should not be out-of-pocket financially, and you should be back in the position you were in prior to the negligence. Treatment, surgery and claiming back costs can be an important part of this, and it can all be factored into your case.
We’ll give you a brief overview as to how it all works in this article, so read on for more advice.
How a claim works
Firstly, it’s important to know how we calculate the value of the compensation claim so you can see how vaginal mesh surgery costs can be factored in.
Your claim is formed form two parts:
- General Damages: for the pain, suffering and loss of amenity caused;
- Special Damages: for your losses and expenses.
Combined, this makes the Global Damages amount of your claim. Generally speaking, the more you suffer, the more your General Damages can be valued at. In terms of Special Damages, it all comes down to what’s been lost and what has been – and will be – paid out.
Claiming vaginal mesh surgery costs
Vaginal mesh surgery costs are a part of the Special Damages element of the case. We need to prove that any costs you incur are reasonable and would not have happened were it not for the negligence in the first place.
To prove this, we use medical evidence.
We can instruct a specialist expert on a private basis who can tell us what you need to help your recovery, or to at least improve your quality of life if your complications are unfortunately permanent.
If our expert confirms that you need the surgery, you can justify paying for it privately. This is especially the case when we know that some patients suffering with complications have had difficulties in getting timely help from the NHS. Some waiting times for help and referrals can be long, which leaves you suffering for longer.
How much can vaginal mesh surgery costs be?
Unfortunately, vaginal mesh surgery costs can be incredibly expensive. The surgery alone can be thousands of pounds, and then we have to factor in the additional associated costs and expenses as well, such as:
- Lost earnings from time off work for recovery;
- Medication costs;
- Physiography, occupational therapy and other rehabilitation costs.
This can all be justified when your life is on hold and has been completely turned upside down because of the impact that pelvic mesh gone wrong has had on you.
If you’ve yet to start a claim for compensation, make sure you contact our team as soon as you can for free, no-obligation advice.
We can appoint a female lawyer to the case and offer No Win, No Fee representation.
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