Medical Misdiagnosis Claims
Medical misdiagnosis is a form of medical negligence. It can arise when a patient has been diagnosed incorrectly by a medical professional or other healthcare officials. Misdiagnosis can leave patients with prolonged pain and suffering.
As a patient you designate your health into the hands of medical expert, you believe, can thoroughly diagnose your injury and/or illness. You trust the medical expert to take every precaution against medical errors before prescribing the appropriate care and treatment to sustain your health and wellbeing. However, errors in diagnosis can occur. These can have chronic effects on your health, and in some cases, lead to potentially serious conditions that can become life threatening.
ELIGIBILITY
Our highly skilled lawyers can evaluate the conditions leading to the deterioration in your health that may be caused by medical misdiagnosis. If so, they will substantiate your entitlement to claim compensation for medical negligence.
Medical misdiagnosis can result from a broad spectrum of complaints. The most common are:
- Misinterpreted test results
- Failure to consider all the patients symptoms
- Incorrect diagnosis leading to unnecessary treatment
- Incorrect diagnosis leading to a delay in treatment
- Incorrect diagnosis leading to unnecessary surgery
- Making an assumed judgment without being diagnosed
If you believe that your health has worsened due to medical misdiagnosis, you should seek advice from our specialist medical negligence team as soon as possible.
If the medical misdiagnosis claim is in relation to:
A child under 18: You have up until their 18th Birthday. From the 18th birthday they have a further 3 years to make a claim, until they are 21.
An adult: A claim must be made within 3 years from the date of injury of which occurred or date of knowledge that there has been medical negligence.
Every claim is different from the other, each claim has its own circumstances and situations where they need to be followed up properly and thoroughly. How much you will end up receiving depends on many factors such as these for example:
- The severity of the pain and suffering
- Future implications
- Care, Aids, and/or housing adaptions.
- Expenses incurred as a result of the negligent treatment, including hospital bills, medication, rehabilitation costs, and any future medical care needs.
- Loss of earnings
Our specialists are here to make sure that maximum compensation is achieved with no stone unturned and will not rest assured until they deemed to have done everything possible.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR MY MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIM TO SETTLE?
Each claim must be considered upon its own merits. The type of medical evidence we must obtain will be dependent on the act or admission carried out by the medical expert. Whilst we are unable to provide a time frame, we do promise to ensure the claim is dealt with in a swift and professional manner.
WILL I RECEIVE AN INTERIM PAYMENT?
Interim payments are not an automatic right, you will need to show that there is a need for the interim payment for one to be obtained from the relevant insurers.
WOULD YOU ASSIST WITH REHABILITATION AND TREATMENT?
We are not here only to just recover compensation for the malpractice of a medical professional, we are here to also ensure that you are adequately looked at, cared for, and made sure that you are on the right path to recovery. Money can only go so far if you are still suffering so we will do our best to align you with the best medical professionals out there to maximise your chances of recovery.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST ME TO MAKE A MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIM?
The cost of instructing a medical negligence lawyers can become alarming, even more so when situations like these can unfortunately put you of work. The though of further expenses coming out on-top of your reduced wage can be disheartening.
However, at Zenith Lawyers LLP we make most of our medical negligence claims on a No Win No Fee basis. This means that you won’t pay anything upfront and will only pay if your claim is successful at the end. Most legal fees will be covered by the third party and the rest will only be deducted from your compensation award. All this will be formally discussed and agreed with you prior to proceeding forwards with your claim.