Red Flags, Safety-netting and When to Claim Compensation
If you or a loved one are struggling with distressing and debilitating long-term symptoms because a lack of effective safety-netting by medical professionals led to a significant deterioration in your condition, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
Red flag warnings and effective safety-netting
Giving red flag advice or ensuring that effective safety-netting is in place are crucial aspects of medical care and management. Their function is to ensure that patients do not slip through the net, suffering a worsening of their symptoms and long-term prognosis when, with the correct advice or monitoring, their condition could have been resolved or managed more effectively at an earlier stage.
Medical professionals who fail to deliver in terms of safety-netting may be regarded as having been negligent in their duty to their patient, and where their patient suffers as a result, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
When a patient is suffering with a condition which may deteriorate over time, further compromising their long-term health and, possibly, survival, effective safety-netting is essential. This may be in the form of a follow-up appointment to monitor symptoms or providing advice as to which symptoms should prompt the patient to attend hospital immediately. A failure of either of these can mean that the patient remains unaware that their condition needs urgent attention.
For conditions such as heart disease, a stroke, cauda equina syndrome, cancer and many others, such strategies are essential.
Delayed diagnosis and treatment may leave the patient with significant long-term symptoms and a reduced quality of life. Sadly, in some circumstances, the patient may not survive at all.
Claiming compensation
If failings by medical professionals cause a patient to suffer a worse outcome than should have been the case with an appropriate level of care, the patient is legally entitled to claim compensation for the consequences.
In some circumstances the consequences can be severe, leaving the patient struggling to work and struggling to mobilise around their own home and care for themselves.
Speak to a specialist solicitor who will be able to obtain copies of your medical records and assess your medical care in order to identify whether or not you have suffered from a breach of duty.
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