Pathology
Pathology is a specialist area of medicine that includes the clinical subspecialities of haematology (disorders of the blood), immunology (disorders of the immune system), infectious diseases, including microbiology (disorders involving bacteria) and virology (disorders involving viruses).
Other pathological subspecialities that involve less clinical work and more laboratory work include clinical chemistry or chemical pathology (disorders of various chemicals in the body), histopathology (the examination of diseased tissue), cytology (the examination of cells).
Clinical pharmacology (the study of drugs) may also be considered to be a pathology subspecialism. Given the diverse nature of the subspecialities of pathology, there can be a large number of areas that may involve potential clinical negligence claims.
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Leigh Day, who acted for the late Jane Manning, condemns scandalous waste of public funds
A High Court Judge has found that a 43 year old mother of two would probably have survived if not for a series of errors by a Consultant Oral Pathologist at Kings’ College Hospital, London.
Our client, a six-year-old, has received substantial compensation after her meningitis was misdiagnosed by Northwick Park Hospital.
A young girl with a rare form of TB that left her with chronic ear infections and ultimately deafness has received sizeable damages after her GP failed to advise her to have a BCG vaccination and to diagnose the problem. She and was represented by clinical negligence solicitor Henry Dyson.