Investigating Negligence in Cauda Equina Syndrome Medical Care and Making a Claim
If you suspect that you may have been the victim of medical negligence during the process of diagnosing your cauda equina compression, you should speak to a specialist solicitor at the earliest possible moment.
Investigating medical care
They will be able to investigate the quality of your medical care by obtaining copies of your medical records and engaging the best medical experts to analyse whether or not there was a breach of duty in the course of your diagnosis and treatment.
Possible examples of negligent care which could have affected the course of your diagnosis, the timing of surgery and your ultimate outcome could include the following:
- A failure to carry out a thorough assessment of your signs and symptoms
- A failure to recognise that your symptoms might be indicative of cauda equina compression
- A misdiagnosis of your symptoms and condition
- A failure to make an appropriately timed referral for an MRI scan to assess the underlying cause of your symptoms
- A failure to provide you with red flag warnings, causing a delay in your attendance at hospital
- A delay in the commencement of surgery to decompress the nerves
If it is found that you have, indeed, been the victim of negligence, it may be possible to issue your claim.
Assessing the impact and calculating your claim
If negligence is identified, it will then be necessary to identify the extent to which it affected your long-term outcome and the financial losses, if any, which you have suffered.
For example, if you are struggling to work because of your symptoms, your loss of earnings, both past and future would be incorporated into your claim.
If you are struggling with loss of mobility of bowel problems, you may need alterations to be carried out to your home to facilitate the management of these symptoms and the associated costs would be included in your claim.
Likewise, any costs of care or personal or household support which you might require could also be included.
Speak to a legal specialist
A medical negligence specialist is essential if you are to succeed with a claim for compensation for medical negligence. As well as requiring extensive specific knowledge of your condition, these claims are associated with complex procedures and crucial deadlines which must not be missed.
Contact Glynns Solicitors, specialists in medical negligence law, to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
We can offer No Win No Fee funding for medical negligence claims which we will discuss with you during your free initial telephone discussion.
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