Negligent Medical Care of Septic Arthritis and How to Claim Compensation
If you or a loved one are struggling with the impact of negligent medical management of septic arthritis, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact Glynns Solicitors for advice from a specialist solicitor.
The right to claim compensation
If a patient suffers a poor outcome due to negligent or substandard medical care, they are entitled to claim compensation for the effects of the negligence. Where this has, for example, caused a loss of income or additional costs of care, these would be incorporated into a successful compensation claim.
Medical failures related to septic arthritis can leave a patient disabled which can, inevitably, have a significant effect on the patient's health, well-being and quality of life.
Septic arthritis and its consequences
This infection in a joint needs prompt diagnosis and treatment with antibiotics. A delay in medical care may leave the patient disabled.
Permanent disability can have dramatic physical, practical, psychological and financial consequences. The patient may no longer be able to work, either at all or in a specific field of employment. They may, as a result, experience a significant reduction in their level of income.
Their symptoms or disability may require additional expenditure on equipment or care. If such costs are a result of negligent medical care, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
Medical negligence and septic arthritis
Negligence may relate to a failure of diagnosis either in a primary care setting or at Accident and Emergency, or it may be related to the development of septic arthritis following joint surgery.
- A failure to recognise or suspect possible symptoms of septic arthritis leading to a delay in diagnosis
- A misdiagnosis of the symptoms, leading to an incorrect course of treatment or delays in treatment
- A failure to refer a patient for treatment
- A failure to carry out a risk assessment of a patient prior to surgery or a failure to provide prophylactic antibiotics where this would normally be regarded as necessary, contributing to the patient developing this life-changing illness
Specialist legal advice
If you are wondering if you might have a claim, contact us here at Glynns Solicitors. Glynns is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers and a history of successful high-value claims.
Contact us today to speak with a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
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