Time Delays in CES Care and Compensation for a Negative Impact
Contact a specialist medical negligence solicitor if a delay in the medical management of cauda equina compression has left you with disabling symptoms.
Timing in cauda equina compression management
Understanding the crucial importance of time in the course of diagnosis and surgery for cauda equina compression is absolutely vital. This shocking and potentially life-changing spinal condition is often extremely time-sensitive and a delay at any point can leave the patient with severe disability.
If medical professionals, whether in the GP surgery or in hospital, are responsible for a delay, and the patient suffers as a result, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
Causes of possible delays in the medical management of cauda equina compression
- A failure to carry out a thorough assessment of the patient meaning that important symptoms, such as urinary difficulties, are missed and an accurate diagnosis is delayed
- A failure to recognise that the patient's symptoms may be indicative of compression of the cauda equina nerves, thereby leading to a misdiagnosis
- A failure to understand the urgency of the patient's situation, leading to a delay in a referral for an MRI scan
- A delay in arranging to carry out a scan or a failure to transfer the patient to suitable MRI scan provision
- A failure to provide adequate red flag advice to the patient meaning that they do not realise that if their symptoms change or worsen, they may need to go to hospital immediately
Claiming compensation
Cauda equina syndrome can leave an individual with loss of mobility, incontinence of both bladder and bowel as well as sexual dysfunction. If the extent of a patient's function loss, and associated difficulties, is made worse by a delay in medical diagnosis or care, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
A successful compensation claim will take account of the financial losses which the patient is experiencing, such as a loss of earnings or the costs of care, insofar as they have been caused by the negligent time delay and its impact.
Speak to a legal specialist
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with extensive expertise in complex, high-value cauda equina syndrome claims.
Contact us today to talk to an experienced solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
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