Substandard Necrotising Fasciitis Care and When to Claim Compensation
Substandard medical care of the devastating infection necrotising fasciitis can mean the difference between physical health and integrity, and disability and poor health. It can even mean the difference between life and death.
Necrotising fasciitis is a medical emergency, with the potential to deteriorate at an astonishing speed and threaten the life of the patient. Even a short delay can affect the patient's long-term outcome. As the infection spreads through the body, increasingly large areas of tissue will need to be removed, causing distressing and sometimes disabling deformity. At its worse, the patient may need an amputation of one of their limbs to halt the progress of the illness.
The impact on the patient's quality of life, their ability to work, their independence, their personal relationships and their emotional health can be utterly catastrophic.
It is issues such as these that a compensation claim will seek to address if the patient has suffered, in full or in part, because of substandard medical care.
If the patient is no longer able to work or requires adaptations to their home in order to be able to navigate around it, the associated financial losses and costs would be included in the claim. If the patient requires some degree of personal care or support, these costs can be included in their claim insofar as it has been caused by the substandard care.
When to make a claim
If you or a loved one have experienced negligent medical care which has caused you to suffer a worse outcome than should have been the case with an appropriate level of care, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
You may not always be sure whether or not you have suffered from negligent care, but your medical negligence solicitor will be able to obtain copies of your medical records and will carry out an investigation into your experience of care.
In terms of timing, compensation claims for medical negligence are associated with a three-year deadline from the date of the negligence, so don't delay before contacting a specialist solicitor. Their investigation will need to be completed before you can issue your claim.
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Glynns Solicitors are specialists in medical negligence law with a team of experienced lawyers and a long-standing history of success in high-value claims.
Contact us today to discuss the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
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