Case studies

• Chemical burns caused by wrong fluid used by GP during nail ablation procedure
  We negotiated a settlement of a claim for a patient left with permanent scarring as a result of burns to his foot caused by his GP.
• Negligent delay in diagnosing breast cancer
  We successfully settled a claim for a woman from Redhill in Surrey against her GP for failing to act properly on a lump which she feared might be cancer. The case highlights the need for patients to be persistent where they do not feel their concerns are being fully considered.
• Fatal colorectal cancer
  Our client's wife attended her GP for nearly three years complaining of bowel problems. The GP failed to consider colorectal cancer as a potential diagnosis.
• Delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer
  Our client's father and grandfather had both suffered prostate cancer. As he was concerned at his own risk of the disease, he asked his GP to arrange tests, which the GP agreed.
• Claim for failure to treat hepatitis C leading to liver cancer
  This was a complicated claim on liability against both the deceased’s GP and the hepatology team at his local hospital. The claimants’ case was that the defendants had negligently failed to arrange or conduct a hepatitis C blood test.
• Tendon damage leads to extensive surgery and long term pain
  A woman in her 60s accidentally cut herself preparing food at home. She went to her local hospital, Ellesmere Port Hospital, where she was seen in the dressings clinic and told by the nurse that the injury would heal itself.
• Mismanagement of ear infection leading to visual loss
  We recently settled a substantial claim for damages against a GP for a client who suffered a delay in the management of an ear infection resulting in permanent visual damage.
• Fatal effect of failing to recognise acute myocardial infarction
  In this case, we successfully pursued a claim for the widower of a lady whose GP failed to recognise the signs and symptoms that should have led him to diagnose unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction (MI).
• Claim settled against GP for delayed kidney cancer diagnosis
  We settled a claim against a former GP for a delayed diagnosis of kidney cancer which led to our client’s death.
• Brain damage following delay in diagnosing signs of heart attack
  Our client had a family history and a number of risk factors for heart attack, including his own weight and cholesterol level. He attended his GP complaining of chest pains, which the GP treated as reflux oesophagitis, but very shortly after leaving the surgery, our client collapsed in the street suffering a heart attack.
• Delay in diagnosing bacterial meningitis
  Our client attended his GP complaining of symptoms consistent with meningitis, which the GP initially diagnosed as an ear infection.
• Delay in diagnosing viral meningitis
  Our medical negligence solicitors are presently pursuing a claim for a client who went to her GP demonstrating clear neurological symptoms, including loss of balance, lack of co-ordination, persistent vomiting and difficulty speaking.
• Claim settled against two GPs following failure to consider a longstanding diabetes diagnosis during telephone consultations, leading to diabetic ketoacidosis
  We have recently achieved a settlement for our client, whose husband sadly passed away as a result of severe diabetic ketoacidosis.
• Failures to act on test results
  We have acted in a number of cases where administrative errors and oversights have resulted in delays in diagnosing and treating patients, some with tragic consequences.
• Settlement of claim against GP for vitamin D overprescription resulting in seizures
  We settled a claim on behalf of a woman from West Sussex against her GP for overprescribing medication for a vitamin D deficiency.
• Prescribing overdose
  Our medical negligence solicitors have acted in a number of cases involving prescribing errors, whether arising from the prescription of inappropriate drugs or the wrong dose.
• Claim against health visitor for missed congenital abnormality
  We acted for a young girl whose health visitor failed to suspect and identify a congenital hip dislocation that should have been detected as part of the health visitor's checks.
• Claim against osteopath and radiologist for missed stress fracture
  Our medical negligence solicitors are pursuing a claim against an osteopath and radiologist for failing to diagnose a stress fracture to our client's thigh bone. She suffered the fracture whilst running.
• Successful claim against GP for failure to diagnose an Achilles tendon rupture
  We settled a claim against a GP in Surrey for the failure to appropriately diagnose an Achilles tendon rupture, and for the failure to refer the claimant for urgent treatment.

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