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Oncology (cancer)
Leigh Day & Co have handled many cases to do with the misdiagnosed or diagnosis of cancer, particularly breast cancer. Two of our most prominent cases were those of Ruth Picardie and Beth Wagstaff. These two women were in their early thirties, with young families, when they were finally diagnosed with breast cancer. They both died because their cancer was not picked up early enough and tragically, their deaths could have been prevented.
Other types of claims relating to cancer are medication issues in chemotherapy, the side effects of medications and the incorrect treatment or inappropriate treatment of cancers.
News
£1.5 million awarded for damages after brain tumour was missed-
Delay in diagnosis of our young client’s brain tumour resulted in her becoming blind
Settlement for delay in lung cancer diagnosis-
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust pays compensation for delay in diagnosis of lung cancer
Compensation for pain and suffering caused by delay in rare tumour diagnosis-
Compensation because of delay in diagnosis of a rare abdominal tumour
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women-
October 2004 was Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we took the opportunity to look at the cases Leigh Day & Co have been involved with in the area of breast cancer. Leigh Day partner and specialist clinical negligence solicitor Frances Swaine comments on the cases.
£350,000 damages for delayed cancer diagnosis-
Eight year delay in diagnosis wins cancer patient compensation
