What is Negligent Medical Care of Cauda Equina Syndrome
If you or a loved one have been the victim of negligent care, speak to a legal specialist about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
Negligent medical care
Negligent medical care is care which falls below the standard which would normally be expected from a medical professional in a given circumstance.
In relation to compensation claims for medical negligence, negligent care refers to actions or failings which adversely affect the patient's outcome.
This may be many things but examples could include a failure to examine, a misdiagnosis of symptoms, a failure to make a referral or carry out tests, a failure of prescription and negligence in a surgical procedure.
Cauda equina syndrome medical negligence
Cauda equina syndrome can be a medical emergency and knowledgeable, timely and competent medical care is absolutely essential.
A delay of only a short period of time can allow the patient's nerve compression to increase, thereby worsening their loss of lower body function.
Where medical professionals have an opportunity to diagnose and treat this appalling condition but fail to do so, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
Negligent medical care which can cause a delay in diagnosis and treatment can include the following:
- A failure to carry out a thorough assessment of the patient, thereby missing key symptoms such as loss of perineal sensation
- A failure to recognise that the patient's symptoms may be indicative of cauda equina nerve compression, thereby delaying a referral for an MRI scan
- A failure to make a referral for an MRI scan within an appropriate timeframe
- A failure to provide appropriate red flag advice, meaning that the patient fails to attend hospital when their symptoms deteriorate
- A delay in carrying out an MRI scan
- A delay in initiating surgery to decompress the nerve
Making a claim
If an act of negligence causes the patient to suffer symptoms and a reduced quality of life which would not have been the case with earlier diagnosis and surgery, it may be possible to make a claim for the patient's pain and suffering and any financial losses caused by the negligence.
This may include a loss of earnings and the costs of care.
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Glynns Solicitors are specialists in medical negligence law and have extensive expertise in complex cauda equina syndrome claims.
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