Bowel Cancer Awareness and Claiming Compensation for Negligent Medical Care
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, giving the many organisations and charities working to improve knowledge and understanding of this potentially-fatal condition an opportunity to increase awareness of the condition, raise their profile and raise funds for their work.
Diagnosis delays in bowel cancer
Greater public awareness of the symptoms and risk factors of bowel cancer could reduce diagnosis times and improve long-term patient outcomes.
Delays in diagnosis and treatment can lead to worse long-term outcomes. The cancer may spread during a delay. The integrity of the patient's bowel may be compromised, their long-term health may be undermined and their life may be at risk.
If such an outcome is found to have been avoidable and, in full or in part, a product of negligent medical care, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
Negligent medical care of bowel cancer
Failings by medical professionals, whether in the GP surgery or in hospital, which cause a delay in the diagnosis or treatment of bowel cancer, may be regarded as negligent and could include the following:
- A failure of examination and assessment
- A failure to consider the patient's risk factors
- A misdiagnosis of the patient's symptoms such as diagnosing IBS or IBD
- A failure to make a timely referral for specialist investigation and tests
- A delay in arranging treatment
Claiming compensation for negligent medical care
A successful claim will address the financial losses of yourself or a loved one insofar as they have been caused by negligence on the part of the medical professionals engaged with your care.
If your capacity to work has been compromised by the impact of negligent care of bowel cancer, your loss of income would be incorporated into your claim. Likewise, if the impact of the negligence had left you needing some degree of personal care or household assistance or needing specialist treatment or equipment, the associated costs would be included in your claim.
In order to pursue a claim, you need to engage the services of a specialist solicitor. They will be able to obtain your medical records and carryout an investigation into the quality of your care.
If it is found that you have suffered a negligent delay in the course of your diagnosis, adversely affecting your outcome, it may be possible to make a claim.
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