GP Negligence led to amputation - £210k compensation
Boyes Turner’s medical negligence lawyers acted on behalf of a 70 year-old man who suffered a below-knee amputation as a result of a failure by his GPs to act on a progressive infection.
He had sustained a minor cut on his foot - which would not normally cause difficulties but he was a diabetic with peripheral neuropathy.
He attended the A & E department of his local hospital where his foot was dressed and he was given antibiotics. He then went to his GP Surgery for further treatment and was seen by a Nurse Practitioner and by two GPs who decided to treat him conservatively.
GP Negligence
However his infection spread and it was alleged that the Nurse Practitioner and GPs had been negligent in failing to refer him for specialist care.
Ultimately he self-admitted to A & E but by this point there had been significant tissue damage and he had to undergo a below-knee amputation.
The matter could not be resolved amicably following an exchange of a Letter of Claim and a Letter of Response and in these circumstances formal Court proceedings began in May 2008 and the claim made its way towards trial.
In January 2009 admissions were made but the GPs and Practice Nurse denied causation stating that the client’s amputation would probably have been needed anyway.
Over the summer of 2009 the case was listed for the trial to begin in May 2010 and negotiations continued over the autumn and winter and finally gave rise to a Consent Order dated in February 2010 for settlement of the claim in a total of £210k plus payment of all of our client’s legal costs.
The case was initially handled with the benefit of legal expenses insurance but when that expired the case continued with a No Win, No Fee agreement.
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