Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims

If you’ve experienced a cancer misdiagnosis, you may be able to claim for compensation.

A cancer misdiagnosis happens when medical professionals diagnose your symptoms as relating to another illness, or even miss the signs and symptoms altogether.

Treating someone for the wrong illness can be harmful, and not providing the right cancer care can have a long-term impact on a patient’s chance of recovery.

If you have experienced a misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis of cancer, get in touch with our legal experts for free, no-obligation advice about your case.

Early detection of cancer offers the best chance for patients to beat the disease and recover. The consequences of a delayed diagnosis can be devastating – the cancer can grow and spread, giving the patient a lower chance of survival and greater problems associated with treatment.

If you have received a delayed or late diagnosis because of negligent medical care, you may be able to make a claim for compensation.

Speak to our medical negligence team to discuss your case and find out if you have a claim.

If you’ve been told you have cancer, only to later find out the diagnosis was incorrect, you may be able to claim compensation.

Medical professionals can sometimes mistakenly diagnose another illness as cancer.  Crucially, a wrong diagnosis may delay treatment of another serious condition, which could worsen as a result.

Understandably, this mistaken diagnosis can also cause high levels of stress, anguish and anxiety for a patient and their loved ones.

In extreme cases, wrong diagnoses of cancer can even be deliberate. Many of our clients who were operated on by jailed surgeon Ian Paterson were wrongly told they had cancer, and even underwent surgery including mastectomies to remove the supposed ‘cancer’.

If you have been misdiagnosed with cancer, get in touch with our experienced lawyers who will be able to advise you on whether you have a claim.

No matter what type of cancer is involved, we can help you make a claim if you have experienced negligent treatment.

We have helped people with misdiagnosis claims involving a wide variety of cancers, including (but not limited to):

• Bowel cancer misdiagnosis claims
• Breast cancer misdiagnosis claims
• Bladder cancer misdiagnosis claims
• Testicular cancer misdiagnosis claims
• Cervical cancer misdiagnosis claims
• Skin cancer misdiagnosis claims
• Prostate cancer misdiagnosis claims
• Lung cancer misdiagnosis claims
• Leukaemia misdiagnosis claims.

The amount of compensation depends on the impact the misdiagnosis has had on you.

Generally, the more severe the consequences, the greater the compensation awarded.

Our misdiagnosis solicitors will be able to provide an estimate of potential damages when they have sufficient information about your case.

The first step to making a cancer negligence claim is to get in touch with our legal experts.

We will discuss your case with you, explain the claims process and let you know if we think you have a claim.

If you are happy to proceed, we will begin compiling evidence to build a strong claim on your behalf.

Get in touch for a no-obligation discussion by submitting our online claim form or calling us on 0800 0 224 224.

Most of our medical negligence clients make their claims on a no win, no fee basis.

This means you only pay any legal fees if your claim is successful.

If your claim is successful, we will deduct a maximum of 25% of the compensation award. Many other law firms will deduct substantially more than 25%.

There is a time limit of three years to bring a cancer misdiagnosis claim, starting from the date you first became aware that mistakes had been made.

If you wish to claim for a family member who has passed away from their illness, the three-year time limit starts from the date of death or from the date you first became aware of the negligence – whichever is later.

It is important that you contact us as soon as possible so that the claim can be brought within the time limit.

Yes, we have helped many clients make cancer misdiagnosis claims against private practitioners and healthcare providers, most notably in cases involving Ian Paterson who operated from a Spire Healthcare private hospital, as well as working for the NHS.