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Incidents of negligence for which misdiagnosis compensation may be payable are surprisingly common in the NHS.
In fact, according to a report by the NHS National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), as many as one in six, or 15 percent, of NHS patients, whether in hospitals, specialist units of GP surgeries, may have their symptoms misdiagnosed.
What is more worrying is that many experts such as Peter Walsh from Action Against Medical Accidents believe that these figures represent "just the tip of the iceberg", as it is estimated that a very large number of cases go unreported.
Walsh adds, "There is no mandatory reporting of missed diagnoses so the true scale cannot be known.
"There are very few reports to the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) and we would like to see it become a legal requirement for all missed diagnoses to be reported."
Imperial Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality at Imperial College London is an organization which has initiated a great deal of research on the issue of misdiagnosis. A professor from the college comments, "There is absolutely no doubt that this is being under-reported," he said. "But more importantly they are not being adequately analysed.
"Trainee doctors are too quick to judgement, that is one of the problems that we face."
Many cases of misdiagnosis are relatively innocuous, causing no lasting harm – however, some instances, such as those involving cancer can be traumatic, even fatal.
There are a variety of errors that may lead to grounds for a cancer-related misdiagnosis compensation claim, these include, pathology and radiology (53% of cases),communication breakdowns (26% of cases), cancellations (15% of cases) andmistakes in clinical assessment (5% of cases).
Claim compensation for misdiagnosis
Misdiagnosis errors are one of the most common factors behind patients seeking medical negligence compensation.
Unfortunately, such errors may lead to patients being denied the chance to make a full or even partial recovery from an illness, particularly with serious illnesses such as cancer.
Here at YouClaim we enable UK patients, whether in England, Scotland or Wales, to claim misdiagnosis compensation under the guidance, advice and representation of some the UK's leading personal injury lawyers.
We always strive to inform our clients of all costs while also undertaking to keep them to a minimum.
Furthermore, we never take a cut. All our clients are assured of 100 percent compensation.
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