Misdiagnosis compensation claims
Our medical negligence solicitors pursue claims arising from misdiagnosis of illness or injury. For confidential misdiagnosis advice call 0800 0382 382.
Our work covers a wide range of issues but the following are common:
- doctors failing to investigate symptoms of serious illness
- doctors failing to perform tests to exclude illness or injury
- misreporting of scans, smears or biopsies
Our expertise in misdiagnosis claims
We will achieve the best possible outcome for your misdiagnosis claim with our large and experienced team of lawyers, led by 10 partners with assistance from other skilled solicitors and two qualified nurses. Offering in depth knowledge about these complex claims, we will ensure that claims are investigated thoroughly and promptly by specialist solicitors and the best independent medical experts and barristers.
Whatever the nature of the case, our experience means that one of our clinical negligence solicitors will have dealt with a similar case before. This allows us to focus on the most important medical and evidential issues from the beginning of the investigation.
These claims can arise in all areas of medicine and further information is available or our pages dedicated to:
- surgery claims / complications following surgery claims
- claims against GPs
- A&E claims / accident & emergency claims
We're here to help and support
Diagnosing errors and delays are the amongst the most common cases in which we are involved, covering both the failure to diagnose a chronic condition present over many years to misdiagnosis of acute conditions. We recognise that the cost to patients of negligent medical treatment is not just physical and financial but also psychological. We also recognise that patients find it difficult to come forward about a claim arising from medical treatment. We do everything we can to help our clients, whatever their situation.
We act for clients nationally and are pleased to visit you in your home. We believe that it is important to meet with our clients to ensure that you feel comfortable with us and so that we get to know you and can better understand your needs.
Through other specialist teams within the firm we can help you secure all the assistance that you are entitled to and ensure that any compensation will be managed in the most advantageous way possible. You can find further information about the different ways we can help you in our related services.
Examples of cases our medical negligence solicitors have settled include the following misdiagnosis claims:
- delay in treating candidal infection £380,000
- failure to diagnose DVT - £60,000
- failure of radiologist to diagnose dislocated hip - £100,000
More details of these settlements which helped our clients to a better future can be found under our case wins section. We have also been successful in claiming for a meningococcal septicaemia case, a failure to diagnose deep vein thrombosis case and a death resulting from leaking anastomosis case.
Making a misdiagnosis claim
For free, expert advice on making a misdiagnosis claim, click here or call us free on 0800 0382 382. We are available to take your call twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
If you want to provide some details to us in advance, why not let us assess your claim now.
