Ovarian Cancer Awareness and Claiming Compensation for Negligent Medical Care
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, raising the profile of this life threatening condition and highlighting the need for early diagnosis. Negligent medical care can be life changing and may justify a claim for compensation.
The threat of ovarian cancer
According to Ovarian Cancer Action, more than 4,000 women die from ovarian cancer every year in the UK. Early diagnosis is key to the best outcome and yet the majority of those who are diagnosed are diagnosed late.
Early diagnosis is not only dependent on an individual expressing her concerns about her own health but also depends on medical practitioners considering ovarian cancer as a possible explanation of symptoms and being prepared to refer a woman for testing, ensuring that appropriate timing and safety-netting are in place.
Negligent care of ovarian cancer
Medical professionals may be regarded as having been negligent in their care and management of possible ovarian cancer for a number of reasons:
- A failure to make a thorough assessment of the patient, thereby missing important and significant symptoms and signs
- A failure to recognise the possible symptoms of ovarian cancer
- Making a misdiagnosis of the patient's symptoms, thereby causing a delay in achieving an accurate diagnosis
- A failure to make a referral for necessary testing or a delay in making such a referral
- A failure of safety-netting, not arranging to follow up on a patient's symptoms or referral
The right to compensation
If a woman suffers a poor outcome due to negligent medical management of her ovarian cancer, she or her loved one may be entitled to make a claim for compensation. A successful claim would address the consequences which the negligence, if there has been any, is considered to have caused, such as a loss of income or the costs of care.
However, claims for compensation for medical negligence are extremely complex and require the involvement of a specialist solicitor to investigate the quality of care and assess the value of the claim, if appropriate.
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