Bowel Disorders and Medical Negligence Compensation
Disorders of the bowel can be not only extremely painful but often debilitating and sometimes life-threatening. Competent and timely medical care is essential but occasionally this is lacking and a compensation claim may be a helpful way forward.
Bowel disorders and medical negligence
Bowel disorders are not uncommon in the UK. It can be difficult to make a diagnosis but a failure by medical professionals to take appropriate action when faced with the patient's symptoms may justify a claim for compensation if the patient suffers as a result.
Examples of medical negligence which may cause a delay in urgent and necessary care could include the following:
- A failure to recognise the symptoms of a severe bowel disorder, allowing the patient's condition to deteriorate
- A failure to carry out appropriate tests within a reasonable timeframe, or at all
- A misdiagnosis of the patient's condition
- A delay in making a referral for specialist intervention
- A delay in surgery for a severe bowel disorder when it would generally have been regarded as necessary at an earlier stage
- A perforation of the bowel during a surgical procedure
Conditions which may be vulnerable to negligent medical care could include the following:
- Bowel cancer
- Inflammatory bowel disorders including ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease
- Diverticulitis
Claiming compensation for the impact of negligent care
Unfortunately, the possible outcomes from negligent medical care of a bowel disorder can be life-changing:
- The spread of bowel cancer and consequent decrease in the patient's likely survival due to a delay in diagnosis
- The development of peritonitis and sepsis following a negligent bowel perforation
- The need for a patient to undergo further surgery
- The need for a stoma
- Long-term poor health, seriously affecting the patient's quality of life and ability to work
The consequences for the quality of life of the patient and their family can be devastating.
Where this distressing situation is found to have been, to some degree, the result of negligent medical care, a successful compensation claim will not only address the patient's pain and suffering, but also take account of their financial losses such as a loss of earnings or the costs of additional care or equipment needs insofar as they have been caused by the negligence.
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