How To Make a Claim for Cauda Equina Negligence
If you think that either you or a loved one may have been the victim of negligent cauda equina care, you may be wondering how and when to make a claim for compensation.
What is negligent care of cauda equina compression?
Negligent medical care of cauda equina syndrome is where a medical professional causes or contributes to the patient suffering a worse outcome than would have been the case with a timely and appropriate level of care.
Essentially, where cauda equina compression is concerned, if medical care causes a delay in the process of diagnosis or the initiation of surgery, the patient may suffer significantly worse on-going symptoms than with earlier diagnosis and surgery. These symptoms may include double incontinence and loss of mobility.
Negligence may relate to a failure of examination or diagnosis or referral. It may relate to the MRI scan or to the initiation of surgery.
When to make a claim
Firstly, it is important to be aware that compensation claims for medical negligence are associated with a time deadline of three years from the date of the alleged negligence. So, if you think you may have a claim, you should contact a legal specialist at the earliest convenience. A specialist solicitor will need plenty of time in which to investigate the quality of your medical care and ascertain whether or not you have been the victim of negligent care.
If that appears to be the case, they will also need to assess the ways in which you and your quality of life have been affected and value of your claim.
You should be able to make a claim if it is found both that you have been the victim of negligent care and that the negligence has caused you to suffer a poor outcome.
How to make a claim
If you think that you may have a claim, you should speak to a legal specialist. Cauda equina syndrome is an extremely complex condition and assessing the nature and impact of negligence in relation to this life-changing condition requires considerable expertise and access to the best medical experts.
Speak to a legal specialist
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers and a long-standing history of successful high-value cauda equina syndrome claims.
Contact us today to speak with a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
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