Disability and Cauda Equina Syndrome Compensation Claims
Complete cauda equina syndrome can cause significant and life-changing disability if the patient does not receive prompt medical care. If you have been the victim of medical negligence, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
How does compensation work?
If negligent or substandard medical care has caused a patient to suffer an adverse outcome, which would not have been the case with an acceptable level of care, they are legally entitled to make a claim for compensation.
As part of the process, it is necessary for the victim's solicitor to demonstrate that negligence did in fact occur and that the patient suffered as a result.
A successful claim will take account of any financial losses experienced by the patient in so far as they have been caused by the negligent medical care. For example, if the medical negligence left the patient unable to work or limited in their ability to earn an income, those financial losses would be incorporated into the claim.
Disability and cauda equina syndrome
If a patient has been disabled by poor care, a claim can address the wide-ranging impact of the disability.
The patient may find that they are no longer able to continue in their former employment because of the restrictions of their newly-acquired disability.
They may also find that their disability makes it difficult for them to remain fully independent and that they require some level of personal support with household or personal chores.
It may even become difficult to function in one's own home, meaning that some degree of alteration is necessary and the costs of this may be included in a successful claim.
Negligent medical care and the cauda equina
Diagnosis and surgery for cauda equina compression are fundamental to a good outcome. If medical professionals are responsible for causing a delay in achieving either diagnosis or surgery, the patient's condition may deteriorate prior to surgery, leaving them with disability such as incontinence and loss of mobility.
Speak to a legal specialist
Compensation claims for cauda equina syndrome negligence are extremely complex and require the skills of an experienced, specialist solicitor.
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of lawyers, all of whom are experts in this niche field of law.
Contact us today to speak with a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
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