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.
Breast surgeon charged by General Medical Council
Posted: 15 March 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis, Negligent Cosmetic Surgery
The General Medical Council (GMC) has found a breast surgeon guilty of unlawfully and maliciously wounding 11 female patients. The surgeon, Dr Ian Paterson, was found guilty of 21 counts of neglect against 11 patients, and was suspended in 2012. Since the suspension, more than 550 patients have been recalled to have their treatment reviewed. Dr Paterson treated around 700 women between 1993 and 2012, during which time he carried out unlawful surgery in hospitals run by the Heart of England NHS Trust and Spire Healthcare. Investigations are still underway following allegations…
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Access to radiotherapy must improve
Posted: 27 September 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis, NHS Claims
Doctors have called for radiotherapy access to be improved globally after data shows the millions of deaths worldwide from cancer that could have been treated with radiotherapy. Recently released figures show that around nine out of ten people in low-income countries have almost no access to radiotherapy treatment for their cancer. Even in countries where the facilities are in place, experts say that staff and equipment shortages are preventing it from being used. ‘Access to radiotherapy in low-income countries by 2035’ The data is to be presented at the European…
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Former breast cancer nurse undergoes ‘horrendous’ mixed-up procedure
Posted: 2 May 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
Diagnosed with aggressive grade three breast cancer requiring immediate surgery, former breast cancer nurse, Elizabeth Dawes aged 39 from Stafford, elected to undergo the procedure in an attempt to eradicate the disease. Four days after her invasive surgery, and facing the prospect of a course of chemotherapy, directors at the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton informed Ms Dawes that she had been the victim of a “mix-up”, and that in fact the procedure had not been necessary. It was revealed that there had been an error in the notes of three…
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Family seek apology following cancer death
Posted: 12 August 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
The family of a woman who died of bowel cancer in June has demanded an apology after medical staff repeatedly misdiagnosed her illness. 56-year-old Shirley James first became ill in February. After tests for glandular fever and ovarian cancer came back negative, doctors were unable to diagnose Mrs James’ illness. Eventually, following further tests, Mrs James was admitted to hospital in June with bowel cancer. Mrs James’ daughter, Wendy James-Carter, said that doctors from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust assured her mother that she did not have cancer. However, after she “lost…
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