Medical Negligence Claims - Slater & Gordon

The solution to your enquiry may or may not require assistance from
a lawyer. Depending on the nature of your complaint and the reason
for seeking legal advice it may be more appropriate for you to raise
your concerns with:
• the health service provider concerned
• the relevant registration board or professional association; or
• the health complaints body in your area.
Preparing for your first appointment
If in your possession, please bring or send to us all medical records,
letters from doctors or hospitals or medical reports, x-rays or scans.
If your claim relates to a cosmetic procedure, scarring or disfigurement,
it would be helpful to supply photographs.
Note key details of your medical treatment to help you answer
our questions and provide a clear, chronological summary
of what took place.
It is important to provide the approximate dates of any medical
treatment and the names and addresses of doctors, hospitals or other
health care professionals you have consulted.
12 Medical Negligence Claims Third Edition • 2007