Infectious Diseases

We place a lot of trust in medical professionals and often don’t question their procedures. However, if a patient does not give informed consent to a medical procedure, the medical professional may be liable if the procedure results in any injury or harm.

If you’ve been misdiagnosed or there has been a delay in diagnosis for an infectious disease which has caused you to suffer then you may be entitled to compensation.

To see if you have a claim, get in touch with our medical negligence solicitors and book your free case assessment. We also offer no win no fee for all of our medical negligence cases, so if you don’t win you won’t pay us a penny.

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Infectious diseases cover common conditions such as mumps and measles to diseases such as meningitis and malaria. If infections are not diagnosed or there is a delay in diagnosis there can be serious health damage.

Youngs Law are experienced in handling claims involving infectious diseases, acting responsibly on behalf of patients and their families for claims arising from undiagnosed or untreated illness.

If you think you may have a medical negligence claim involving infectious diseases, contact us today.

Doctors at the GP surgery and at accident and emergency (A&E) have a duty to take reasonable steps to accurately diagnose unknown illnesses in patients.

Common problems that can arise from infectious diseases include:

Failure to diagnose
Delay in diagnosing
Failure/delay in treating
Wrong medication or dose
Failure to act on test result
Error in performing test
Flawed infection control methods
Hospital acquired infections

Delays in diagnosing meningitis can have tragic outcomes.

Meningitis is one of the most commonly misdiagnosed infectious diseases. Delays can result in septicaemia, amputations, brain damage or spinal cord damage. This can lead to epilepsy, deafness and lack of mental capacity.

Meningitis can also be life-threatening so emergency attention is needed.

Speak to our expert infectious disease claim solicitors today who serve clients from Southampton to Manchester offering nationwide service.