Receiving a diagnosis for any condition can be extremely distressing. However, receiving a diagnosis and later being informed the diagnosis is incorrect can be devastating, particularly if the new diagnosis is worse than the first.
Call us today on 0121 3550011 for a free no obligation assessment of your claim for negligence. We help our clients by working on their cases on a no win no fee basis, there are no fees to pay up front and we fund your claim through to conclusion.
Whatever the circumstances behind your illness, if you have suffered a delay in diagnosis of an illness, you may be entitled to make a claim. A delay in diagnosis can occur when a condition is either missed or misdiagnosed because the symptoms displayed are not typical. However, a delay in diagnosis can also occur due to insufficient investigations by healthcare professionals, failure to make appropriate referrals and follow up abnormal results. This is known as clinical negligence.
Sometimes a delay in diagnosis can have devastating consequences, for example, a delay in diagnosing meningitis can be life threatening and a delay in diagnosis of certain types of cancer can reduce life expectancy.
You may be able to obtain compensation if you or a loved one have experienced:
A delay in diagnosis of a condition / illness,
A misdiagnosis that caused a condition / illness to worsen, or which limited your treatment options / life expectancy
We have experience in assisting clients, or families who have suffered due to the misdiagnosis or late diagnosis of cancer. We are professional and supportive, during these tragic times.
We have acted for client who have suffered:-
Delayed diagnosis of necrotising fasciitis leading to parts of the abdominal wall having to be cut away
Delay and failure to remove pessary or recall our client leading to repeated urinary tract infections, calcification of the pessary, damage to her bladder and sadly her death.
Delay in diagnosis of bowel cancer leading to the cancer metastasising to his bladder.
Delay in diagnosis of gallstones, failure to treat leading to fatal pancreatitis.
Delay in diagnosis of a brain tumour leading to seizures wrongly stated by the hospital as to be stress related.
Delay in diagnosis of Ludwig's angina leading to tracheotomy and multiple wash out operations.
Delay in diagnosis of fracture to our client toes
Two of our clients were also badly let down by their GP's and Hospitals by misdiagnosis of cancer, and both died shortly after diagnosis was finally made.
Misdiagnosis of sinus tarsi syndrome as sciatica
Delayed diagnosis of treatment for cauda equine leading to excruciating back pain and altered sensation
Delay in treatment of cholesteatoma leading to facial paralysis
Delay in diagnosis of oesophagael cancer, development of volvulus post operatively and delay in diagnosis of the volvulus leading to our clients death.
Delay and treatment of ulcerative colitis leading to our client requiring a stoma.
Delay in diagnosis of breast cancer causing it to become metastasise and become terminal
Failure to spot a brain haemorrhage, causing brain damage
Failure to spot a blood clot even though the signs were there.
Our clinical negligence team is highly experienced in investigating these types of claims and has the knowledge and expertise to secure the compensation that you are entitled to. Call us today for a no obligation chat on
0121 355 0011.
