Who can make the claim?

In general the person that has suffered the injury, loss, or damage or mis-diagnosis must make the claim.

They are known as the claimant.

In some circumstances relatives can make a claim on behalf of a patient that has died. Close relatives may also make a claim in their own right.

Parents can make a claim on behalf of a child under the age of 21.

Relatives can  claim on behalf of a relative under a mental incapacity.