Hospital negligence is categorised into two main types: Surgery or General medicine/Internal medicine. The latter is the branch of medicine that involves the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment by physicians of adults, especially in relation to diseases and conditions of the internal organs.
There are many areas of specialisation in hospital negligence - internal medicine, including:
- Anaesthetics and intensive care;
- Cancer (oncology);
- Cardiology;
- Chest or respiratory medicine;
- Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics;
- Dermatology;
- Elderly care;
- Endocrinology and diabetes;
- Gastroenterology;
- Genitourinary and sexual health medicine (including HIV medicine);
- Inquests;
- Neurology;
- Psychology and psychiatry;
- Radiology;
- Renal medicine; and
- Rheumatology.
If you believe you may have a hospital negligence claim, please contact the team by email at clinnegenquiries@kingsleynapley.co.uk or by calling +44 (0)20 7814 1200.
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