Cancer Misdiagnosis - Medical negligence

Breast cancer is sadly quite common. Around 41 thousand new cases are diagnosed every year, many too late for treatment. Those with cancer found at an early stage can be treated and go on to live long and happy lives. However more and more cases are not diagnosed or misdiagnosed meaning the cancer grows on and spreads throughout the body.

When we visit our GP or hospital we put all our faith into the professionals and expect them to give a fair and honest opinion. However if you have gone to your GP after finding a lump in your breast and are told by the professional that it is a cyst and nothing to worry about, you would go away and do just that. What if this was the early stages of cancer? It would be left to develop and possible spread around the rest of your body. Once cancer is at its later stages it is much more difficult to treat. This is totally unacceptable and the person who treated you could be sued for medical negligence.

If you have suffered medical negligence with regards to breast cancer you are not alone. In the US breast cancer is one of the five most common diseases which lead to medical negligence compensation awards. Regularly, the severity of a breast lump is underestimated leaving it to get worse and harder to treat.

The worse case scenario with regard to misdiagnosis of breast cancer is when a mastectomy is performed. This highly traumatic operation is difficult enough to deal with for someone does have breast cancer, for someone who finds out the whole procedure was not necessary this must be extremely traumatic. The mental anguish and suffering is truly hard to image. This is where claiming compensation is paramount.

Medical negligence claims are known to be very complex and are notoriously difficult to prove. When pursuing a compensation claim for medical negligence, the main weight of your claim relies on proving that the medical practitioner was negligence in their care for you. You will be asked to supply medical reports which could include hospital records which show the details of the treatments administered. Due to the Data Protection Act 1998 we will need your permission to send a request to your GP or hospital for full copies of your health records.

Here at Accident Consult we have assisted many people in getting personal injury compensation after they received medical/clinical negligence. We are aware of how delicate medical negligence cases are we would ensure that you are treated you with uttermost compassion and respect.

If you would like to find out whether you could claim for medical negligence, telephone us on 08081 68 69 70 or fill in our online claim form. One of our legal experts is waiting to here from you.