Heart disease and cardiovascular conditions can be life-threatening, and often require urgent, specialist treatment, but many can be treated or managed with timely diagnosis and appropriate care.
Where a patient suffers severe injury and disability as a result of negligent cardiac care, or cardiac arrest caused by mistakes in medical treatment, our medical negligence solicitors can secure compensation to provide the practical and financial support that they need to rebuild their life.
We also help bereaved families after the death of a parent or partner from cardiac negligence.
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If you are considering making a cardiac negligence claim you can contact us by telephone or by email for free, confidential advice from a medical negligence solicitor.
We will ask you to tell us briefly about your healthcare treatment and your injury, and advise you about any time limits which may apply and whether we can help you investigate your claim. Once our investigations confirm you have grounds for a claim, we will notify the defendant healthcare provider (usually represented by NHS Resolution) on your behalf and invite them to respond, giving them an opportunity to admit liability (responsibility for your injuries) before court proceedings are issued.
If liability is admitted, we will obtain a judgment from the court and apply for a substantial interim payment to meet your needs arising from your injury and disability. If NHS Resolution deny liability, we will advise you about the best way to proceed your claim. This may involve issuing court proceedings or inviting NHS Resolution to enter into settlement negotiations or mediation.
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Cardiac disease, heart disease and cardiovascular disease refer to disorders affecting the heart muscle and blood vessels or circulatory system. Cardiovascular disease is one of the nation’s leading killers and is responsible for a quarter of all deaths in the UK. It is estimated that around 7 million people in the UK are living with the disease.
Cardiology is the specialist field of medicine which focusses on diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory disorders. Its work involves many types of care in a variety of settings, including the management of patients with long-term heart and circulatory conditions, surgery and other invasive procedures, and emergency care. Cardiology is one of the largest specialist areas of NHS medical care which continues to grow as cardiologists are carrying out more interventional procedures and treating increasing numbers of people at risk of cardiovascular disease and complications from conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.
This important, highly specialist area of medicine gives rise to large numbers of cardiac negligence claims, many associated with the patient’s death or severe, permanent injury and disability resulting from delays or mistakes in diagnosis and care.
Common forms of heart disease which require specialist treatment include:
Cardiac injury compensation claims often involve negligent care of the following conditions:
Cardiac and heart disease negligence claims often arise after one or more of the following healthcare mistakes:
Heart-related death or severe injury can also be caused by the negligent failure of other types of medical specialists, such as general practitioners (GPs), obstetricians, anaesthetists or emergency medicine specialists, to involve cardiac specialists in their patients’ care.
Medical negligence claims involving cardiac and cardiovascular treatment often involve one or more of the following injuries:
Our client’s husband had a history of heart problems. Over a period of seven months, he attended his GP surgery on three occasions. All three of the doctors he saw assumed that he was suffering from reflux and, despite his medical history, failed to refer him for cardiac review. He died after collapsing at home. We pursued a claim for the deceased’s widow against the three GPs and the claim included claims for her husband’s pain and suffering before his death, funeral costs and the family’s financial loss of dependency on his income from his business.
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