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Meningitis is a serious, life-threatening infection which must be treated very quickly. Healthcare professionals are expected to recognise and respond quickly to the symptoms and signs of meningitis because any delays in diagnosis and treatment can result in severe physical and neurological disability from brain injury, sepsis, and amputation.
If you or your child have suffered severe injury or the loss of a loved one as a result of negligent delays in the diagnosis and treatment of meningitis infection, we can help you claim compensation.
Our medical negligence specialists help clients with severe physical and neurological disability from meningitis secure interim payments and outstanding settlements which pay for care, rehabilitation and therapies, specialist equipment, prostheses and adapted accommodation whilst providing the financial and practical support that our clients need to restore their independence and manage their disability.
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For more than 30 years, Boyes Turner's medical negligence solicitors have guided injured patients through the claims process to secure the compensation and specialist support that they need to manage their disability and rebuild their lives.
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 injury and your emergency or medical care, and advise you about your time limits 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 with your claim. This may involve issuing court proceedings or inviting NHS Resolution to enter into settlement negotiations or mediation.
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We obtained a liability judgment and interim payments of £300,000, which paid for a case manager, support worker, physiotherapy, occupational therapy (OT), speech and language therapy, canine therapy and psychological treatment, whilst we worked with our experts and the family to assess our client’s lifelong needs and the full value of his claim.
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Meningitis is a life-threatening infection of the protective membranes which cover the brain and spinal cord. This protective covering is called ‘the meninges’. Meningitis is most commonly caused by viral or bacterial infections, but can have other causes, such as cancer or fungal infection.
Meningitis is a medical emergency. Delays in diagnosis and treatment of this dangerous condition can lead to the patient’s death or severe, permanent disability.
Anyone can be affected by meningitis, but those at highest risk include:
Babies with meningitis may show some or all of the following signs, which may appear in any order:
Many people think of the rash as a classic sign for meningitis, but many people with meningitis infection do not have the rash. Do not wait for the rash to seek urgent medical help if any other signs are present. However, the appearance of the rash is a medical emergency. If it appears, call 999.
Teenagers, adults or older children with meningitis may have some but not all of the following signs (in any order):
Do not wait for the skin rash to seek urgent medical help if other signs of meningitis are present. Meningitis can present without a rash, but if it appears, this is a medical emergency – call 999.
As meningitis develops rapidly into life-threatening and permanently disabling injury, meningitis compensation claims most commonly arise from delays in diagnosis, referral, emergency transportation and admission to hospital, or failure by hospital staff to treat the patient urgently with antibiotics.
Meningitis negligence claims often arise when someone has suffered severe injuries or has died after a GP or hospital staff:
We are experienced in helping clients recover substantial compensation after meningitis negligence has led to:
Where septicaemia or sepsis is also present, additional injuries may include:
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