Pages On: Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
Cancer is one of the most prevalent diseases in the world and affects around one in three people. Not all cancer is lethal, but people have every reason to be wary of it and to look for signs to combat it. Whilst often treatable, the problem with cancer is it is very hard to find, and the symptoms can be very vague. If left too long, cancer can become malignant and spread across the body. This means that people have to put a lot of trust in medical professionals to quickly diagnose what is happening in their own body. However, cancer can be easily misdiagnosed or diagnosed too late to leave sufferers with a chance to fight it. If you’ve suffered a late cancer diagnosis, or had cancer misdiagnosed as something else, your chances of survival are at risk, and doctors can be seen to be liable for that. If this has happened to you or a loved one, you may be entitled to claim medical negligence compensation.
GP services under pressure
Posted: 15 March 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis, NHS Claims
Chiefs within the NHS in England and Wales are claiming that patients could be facing potential harm due to their GP’s lack of consulting time. They are claiming that due to time and financial constraints within the health service, patients could become increasingly misdiagnosed or mis-prescribed medicines. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, GP leader of the British Medical Association, has stated that GPs are having to rush through consultations in order to meet targets and has described the situation as potentially dangerous. 68% of GPs found workload increasingly unmanageable In the online survey that…
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More cash for brain cancer research e-petition launched
Posted: 9 February 2016
Posted in: Head & Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
An e-petition has been started by Maria Lester in an appeal to lobby for more cash to be made available for research into brain cancer. The petition is being supported by Brain Tumour Research and the Leicester Tigers Rugby Club and comes following the death of former Loughborough Grammar School pupil, Michael Smith in November of last year. 27-year-old Michael lost his fight against cancer after battling with the disease for two and a half years. During that time, he seemed to be reacting well to chemo and radiotherapy, however he…
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Misdiagnosis widower wins compensation
Posted: 22 August 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
A widower from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion has been awarded compensation for the loss of his wife after her cancer was misdiagnosed as an ear infection. Kathleen Howe, aged 67, died on 29 July 2012 after being wrongly diagnosed with otitis extern, commonly known as ‘swimmer’s ear’. Following her death, an investigation found that there was a 90-100% chance that she would have survived if Bronglais Hospital staff had correctly diagnosed her symptoms. Mrs Howe initially visited her GP after experiencing dizziness. Having previously worked at Bronglais Hospital as a domestic assistant…
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Woman sues over delay in diagnosis
Posted: 25 November 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
A terminally ill woman is suing the NHS after being forced to wait five months to be seen after being given an ‘urgent’ referral by her GP. 35-year-old Katie Maytum, a mother of two, was suspected of having cancer after she found a lump in her breast in 2010, aged 31. Her GP made an urgent referral for her to be seen by a consultant at the local hospital, but she had to wait five months to be seen. Official regulations from NICE – the National Institute for Health and…
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Ultrasound & MRI waiting times treble in Wales
Posted: 13 January 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
The last two years has seen the waiting times for diagnostic services in Wales, such as MRI scans and ultrasounds, treble. Patients are being forced to wait for these services for longer than they ever have before, with waiting times for general treatment in Wales also reaching its highest level in the last two years. The Welsh government said that health boards are doing all they can to solve these backlog problems. The standard waiting time for a patient referred for diagnostic services, such as a CT scan or an…
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GP out-of-hours criticised following death in Carmarthen
Posted: 29 August 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, Peter Tyndall, said that the outcome of an investigation in Hywel Dda Health Board’s service at West Wales Hospital revealed “fundamental failings”. A lack of basic examination being carried out in the hospital resulted in the misdiagnosis of a patient and her later death. Glenda Thomas (67) died as a result of these failures after being encouraged to visit her local out-of-hours GP service – run at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen – after she complained about the development of a rash…
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