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Being diagnosed with cancer is difficult to deal with. Being wrongly diagnosed or not diagnosed at all even presents a much more difficult and life threatening situation. If you have been a victim of cancer negligence or misdiagnosis, we can handle your claim.
Our solicitors are experts in cancer negligence claims and have helped tons of victims secure early compensation, getting them access to adequate rehabilitation and medical care.
Cancer negligence can take various forms including cancer misdiagnosis and delayed cancer diagnosis. Both instances of clinical negligence could lead to a patient needing a more aggressive type of treatment, definitely more than would have been necessary if they identified the disease earlier. It could also shorten their life expectancy.
If you have suffered pain or injury due to any of the issues above, you can make a cancer negligence claim.
Some of the most common types of cancer negligence claims our solicitors have handled includes but is not limited to:
One of the most common breaches in cancer negligence claims is when a patient interacts with their GP who fails to recognise that the symptoms may be a sign of cancer. This often leads to a delay in the patient being referred to a specialist, and consequently a delay in being diagnosed and treated.
Mistakes which may lead to cancer negligence claims are broadly categorized into two:
Misdiagnosis: This is when a patient has been misdiagnosed with cancer or misdiagnosed with a less serious condition, and undergoes an unnecessary treatment or unnecessary surgery.
Delay in diagnosis: This is when a GP or medical practitioner misinterprets test results, fails to read the symptoms correctly, thereby taking the patient less seriously than he should.
To start a cancer negligence claim, you need to be able to prove that you have been misdiagnosed or suffered a delay in diagnosis. You should also be able to show that your doctor made a mistake in your diagnosis, or took longer than necessary to either diagnose or treat you.
Our cancer negligence solicitors are readily available to provide you with cancer negligence expert opinion and support to help you in proving the neglect. Contact us now.
In order to bring a claim for cancer negligence, you must be able to prove that any delay or misdiagnosis that resulted in your suffering could have been avoided.
If you think that a medical professional failed to provide you with the requisite standard care, causing you avoidable harm, contact us now and we’ll be able to advise you on how we can gather evidence for your medical negligence claim.
Patients have three years from the date of negligence to bring a claim. The claim must be settled or court proceedings issued within that time limit or patients are time-barred. This is called the limitation period.
In some cases, the period starts to run a little later than the actual date of negligence where patients were not and could not have been aware of any negligence or injury. This usually applies in cases involving a delay in diagnosis of cancer where the patient has no reason to suspect failings in their care until a diagnosis is made. In such a scenario, the three-year period only starts to be counted at the time of diagnosis.
Additionally, in cases where the patient is below the age of 18, the three-year time limit begins from their 18th birthday.
This three-year time limit however, is not applicable to any patient lacking capacity to bring a claim due to mental impairment.
More so, if a patient dies before concluding their claim, the three-year period effectively restarts at the date of their death.
Most of the cases handled by our expert cancer negligence solicitors are funded on a no win no fee basis. This means that there’s no financial risk to you when making a claim. You’ll only have to pay a small percentage of the total compensation received after your successful claim.
Yes, if your loved one has passed away from cancer and it could have been avoided if only they received the standard of care they deserved, you may be entitled to compensation.
Although the time required for a settlement negotiation process to be finalized can vary considerably from case-to-case, once a settlement is reached a victim can generally expect to receive a settlement check in approximately six weeks
Any amount of money agreed to in a Compromise and Release will be paid out within 30 days of the settlement.
