Inflammatory Bowel Disease Medical Errors and Compensation
Severe abdominal issues have the potential to cause significant and life-changing problems. Prompt and competent medical care is essential, whether this relates to diagnosis, treatment and monitoring or, where necessary, surgery.
Medical errors and the right to compensation
If an individual attends their GP, Accident and Emergency facility or is a patient for surgery, they are entitled to a competent standard of medical care. If their medical treatment or management falls below the expected standard and the patient suffers as a result, to the extent that would not have been the case with competent care, they are entitled to compensation for the consequences of that negligence.
For example, if the unanticipated consequences of medical care render an individual unable to work, restricted in their capacity to work, or reliant to some degree on personal support or equipment, the associated costs would be included in a successful claim for compensation.
Inflammatory bowel disease and medical negligence
Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, inflammatory bowel disorders, can cause the patient extreme discomfort and threaten the possibility of perforation and life-threatening infection.
Diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and competent surgery when necessary are all aspects of the competent medical management of these debilitating conditions.
Failures by the relevant medical professionals can leave an individual with catastrophic and life-changing symptoms.
Errors in diagnosis, failing to monitor a patient, delays in surgery or errors in surgery may be regarded as negligent medical care.
If the patient suffers a debilitating outcome, they may be entitled to claim compensation for the consequences insofar as they have been caused by the negligence. For example, a patient may find that their symptoms mean that they are no longer able to work or are restricted in the hours or type of employment which they can undertake.
Where this is the case, a successful compensation claim would incorporate these financial losses.
When to make a claim
If you think that either you or a loved one have been the victim of negligent medical care, contact a specialist medical negligence solicitor to discuss the possibility of compensations.
Bear in mind that these types of claim are associated with a three-year deadline and a thorough investigation of the quality of your medical care is needed before this deadline. So, speak to a solicitor today.
Glynns Solicitors is a specialist medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers. One of our team will be very happy to talk to you about the possibility of making a claim.
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