Breast Cancer Compensation Claim

There has been an increasing number of cases that are related to cancers. This is mainly breast cancer. There are different types of medical errors that may make it necessary to make a medical claim. Most of these cases are related to issues of negligence that arise from improper diagnosis or the delay of diagnosis.

These are caused by some factors. They include the following:

• The failure by the general practitioner to refer a patient for further tests after they present with symptoms such as a lump in the armpit or the breast.

• Conduction of insufficient tests when the lump has been found.

• The incorrect reading of the test or the issuance of a negative instead of a positive result.

• The other types of breast cancer compensation claims are related to medication issues about chemotherapy. There are also issues of side effects of medication used or the incorrect or inappropriate treatment offered.

• The errors can also be as a result of surgical procedures that carry some degree of risk for the surgeon. However, you will have to prove that the mistake was not reasonable.

There are some specialists who deal with clinical negligence. They are commonly referred to as solicitors and are located in many places that include London, Manchester, Bristol and Liverpool. Most of them have units that are placed regionally across various countries. Members of these teams have a high level of expertise and experience in dealing with the claims. There are also industrial disease lawyers who deal with the compensation claims that are related to cancers that result from the exposure to workplace substances, which cause cancer such as asbestos. Several such cases have been successfully ruled in favour of the complainants. Most of them have emerged successful. This only happens if proper and appropriate proof is offered against the medical professional.

Some of these include the prominent cases of two women who were in their early thirties. At the time when they were diagnosed with cancer, they were taking care of young families. Both of them died because the medical personnel at Guy’s Hospital in London were not able to detect the cancer cells early. They were thus not able to pick their symptoms in advance. As such, it led to their deaths that could have been prevented.

The other example of breast cancer medical negligence claim was based on a late diagnosis by four months. The only treatment option was a mastectomy, whose wound broke down and was infected. It required three different to reshape the breast leading to the chronic infection of the breast. A compensation tune of £80,000 was demanded from the local NHS Foundation Trust.

If you have gone through any of the activities that have been mentioned above or have experienced several circumstances that are related to clinical negligence, then you can contact some of the reputable solicitors for more help.