A Simple Guide to Bowel Injury Compensation

Suffering a bowel injury can have a serious impact on a person’s quality of life. A bowel injury can be debilitating, frustrating and can impact your ability to perform daily tasks or pursue your hobbies. Incontinence is often linked to more severe bowel injuries, many people find this physical impairment difficult to adjust to, viewing it as embarrassing and inconvenient.

A bowel injury can be sustained through a traumatic event such as a road traffic accident or a criminal assault. Clinical negligence is also one of the leading causes of bowel injury as it is a risk or complication of surgery, particularly within abdominal and gynaecological procedures. Common circumstances of clinical negligence with respect to a bowel injury include misdiagnosed or untreated tumours, insufficient care whilst giving birth and surgical errors where the bowel is damaged or punctured, resulting in a leak that leads to septicaemia.   

It is also possible (but not as common) to sustain a bowel injury from food poisoning. In severe cases some people have suffered a perforated bowel as a consequence of food poisoning. To reduce risk of further complications, it is important to seek urgent medical attention following any injury to the bowel. If your bowel injury was due to the negligence of a third party, you may be entitled to claim compensation.

We are unfortunately very aware of the impact that a bowel injury can have on someone’s personal and professional life. Thankfully, with the years of knowledge and expertise our team have in handling this type of claim, we have already been able to help many clients obtain the compensation they deserve.

How much is your bowel injury or head injury claim worth? 

The figures shown below are provided as guidelines. In order to determine a more accurate valuation of your potential injury claim, it is recommended that you speak with one of our solicitors. 

• up to £173,000 – Total Loss of Bowel Function  
• Up to £75,000 – Severe Impairment of Bowel Function
• £12,000  – £23,000 – Temporary Damage To Bowel Function

What are General and Special Damages? 

The compensation calculator can help you estimate the out of compensation you might receive for your injury claim. This part of your compensation is known as General Damages, as it relates to the pain, suffering and loss of amenity that you have suffered as a result of your accident.

• Pain: refers to the initial pain you suffered when your accident occurred.
• Suffering: refers to the ongoing pain that you have endured since the accident.
• Loss of amenity: refers to the fact that you could either for a period, or permanently no longer do something that you could do prior to the accident, for example play a sport.

The compensation calculator does not include other losses that you might have incurred as a result of your accident. Such as, loss of earnings, cost of care or damage to property. These items are known as Special Damages and can be claimed in addition to the General Damages mentioned above. The amount of compensation you receive will ultimately be made up of General and Special Damages, that is your injury claim and financial losses.

How Can Stonehewer Moss help you on a ‘No-Win, No-Fee’ basis?

‘No-Win, No-Fee’ is a way of funding your personal injury claim without having to pay solicitors fees up front. If your claim is successful, then your legal costs will usually be deducted from your compensation leaving you with a minimum of 75% of your compensation claim. To make sure ‘No-Win, No-Fee’ is the right way to fund your personal injury claim, you can contact us at Stonehewer Moss solicitors for a free no obligation assessment of your claim, guaranteed to provide you with the best advice on how to progress with your claim.