Negligent Cancer Follow Up and Claiming Compensation
If failings in the monitoring of a cancer patient's follow up treatment have allowed a significant deterioration in health to occur, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
Cancer follow up
Adherence to the agreed system of monitoring and follow up of a cancer patient is crucial to ensure that any signs of a re-emergence or development or deterioration of their cancer is spotted at the earliest possible moment. This facilitates the implementation of further treatment at the earliest opportunity. A delay may allow the cancer to spread and may deny the patient treatment options which might have been available at an earlier stage. It might also affect the patient's likelihood of survival significantly.
Failings which might constitute negligent care would include the following:
- A failure to arrange and carry out appropriate follow up scans and tests
- A failure to diagnose, report or respond to indications that the patient's condition has deteriorated
Claiming compensation
If negligent medical care causes a patient to suffer a worse outcome than would have been the case with an acceptable level of care, the patient or their loves ones may be entitled to make a claim for compensation.
If a patient suffers significant financial losses due to the poor quality of their medical care, these losses would be incorporated into a successful compensation claim. For example, if an individual is no longer able to work due to their poor health, their loss of income would be taken into account.
Crucial specialist legal advice
If you are considering making a claim for compensation, it is vital that you get the support of a lawyer with expertise in this particular field of law. Compensation claims for medical negligence are extremely complex, requiring the input of the best medical experts and the negotiating skills of an experienced solicitor.
If you believe you or a loved one may have a claim, you should take action promptly. Claims for medical negligence compensation need to be initiated within three years of the date of the alleged negligence and the validity of the claim needs to be investigated prior to that 'limitation' time. A specialist lawyer will need plenty of time to instruct experts to assess the quality of your care and identify whether or not a breach of duty has occurred.
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