Sepsis Negligence and How to Claim Compensation
Although many people survive this shocking illness, it can leave a patient severely disabled. If medical negligence has contributed to this terrible outcome, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
Sepsis negligence
Sepsis can be a life-threatening condition and therefore requires scrupulous medical management to minimise a patient's risk of developing this illness, to identify it as promptly as possible if a patient does have sepsis and to treat it in a timely manner.
Negligent medical care of this debilitating illness can occur in a variety of ways:
- A failure to carry out a risk assessment, resulting in the development of infection and sepsis
- A substandard surgical procedure, such as a negligent bowel perforation, resulting in the patient developing sepsis
- A failure to correctly recognise, suspect or diagnose the symptoms of sepsis, allowing the patient's condition to deteriorate prior to treatment
If the patient suffers on-going symptoms, they are entitled to make a claim for their pain, suffering and the financial losses associated with the impact of the negligence.
How to make a sepsis claim
If you are considering making a claim for medical negligence related to sepsis, you would be best advised to speak to a specialist medical negligence solicitor. Compensation claims for medical negligence are, inevitably, extremely complex and require the services of a lawyer who specialises in this field of law.
An experienced specialist will not only have access to the best medical experts who can assess the quality of your care and identify whether or not your care professionals have been negligent, they will also have the expertise to negotiate the best settlement for you.
Crucial timing in negligence claims
It is also important to remember that compensation claims for medical negligence need to be issued within three years of the date of the alleged negligence. Your solicitor will need plenty of time before this date to investigate your care and, where negligence has occurred, its impact on you.
Don't delay if you think you might have been a victim of medical negligence. The sooner you start this process, the sooner a settlement can be reached with the Defendant. And the sooner you speak with a specialist lawyer, the sooner you can benefit from their advice and be reassured as to the best way to take your case forward.
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