Infection Negligence and Compensation for Long-term Consequences
If you or a loved one are struggling with the long-term consequences of a severe infection due to negligent healthcare, speak to a legal specialist about the possibility of claiming compensation.
Severe infection and medical negligence
A severe infection can cause appalling symptoms and undermine the patient's long-term health, physical integrity and well-being. It may trigger sepsis and put the patient at risk of a wide range of related disabilities and long-term health issues. It may threaten the patient's life.
If substandard healthcare is found to have caused or contributed to a poor long-term outcome, it may be possible to make a claim.
Examples of medical negligence which may leave a patient vulnerable to the effects of severe infection, when this should not have been the case, could include the following:
- A failure to carry out a pre-operative risk assessment
- A failure to implement the findings of a pre-operative risk assessment
- A failure to monitor a post-operative patient or a patient with possible signs of infection
- A failure to recognise the symptoms of severe infection
- A failure to provide prophylactic antibiotics where this would normally be regarded as necessary
- A failure to provide adequate treatment or make a referral for specialist intervention in the case of infection
When to claim compensation
You may be entitled to claim compensation if the quality of your medical care has left you or a loved one struggling with symptoms, consequences and financial losses which would not have been the case with a more appropriate level of care.
If you think that you may have a claim, contact a specialist solicitor at the earliest possible moment. Medical negligence claims are associated with a three-year deadline from the date of the alleged negligence and a thorough investigation into the quality of your medical care is required before that deadline expires.
If it is found that you have, indeed, been the victim of negligence, an assessment of its impact and the financial losses and costs caused by the negligence will then be made.
Speak to a specialist solicitor
These complex claims require specialist expertise to ensure that you achieve the fairest and best outcome.
Contact Glynns Solicitors, specialists in medical negligence law, to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about your situation and the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
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