A Shropshire-based law firm is acting for victims of wrongful
diagnosis of breast cancer.
The medical negligence team at Linder Myers Solicitors, which
has offices in High Street, Shrewsbury, has secured an offer for
considerably more than the 'insulting' £5,000 offered to
victims who secured payouts through the NHS Litigation
Authority
The case of fourteen women who were wrongly given the all-clear
after a series of screening blunders was highlighted in the
national press on 2nd February 2011. All of the women had been
treated at hospitals across Lancashire.
Linder Myers Solicitors is acting on behalf of women involved in
substandard oncology care and cancer examination/treatment provided
by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.
The General Medical Council is investigating the East Lancashire
Hospitals NHS Trust over the standard of radiology care provided to
women, whom had undergone breast examination and mammograms through
2005-07. In September 2009 it was revealed that 355 mammograms were
to be re-checked after hospital colleagues raised concerns over the
standard of radiology treatment.
Not only can a Solicitor provide guidance as to the legal tests
involved, additional support can be provided in terms of settlement
advice and settlement negotiations on a Claimants behalf.
Trevor Ward, partner head of the Medical Negligence team at
Linder Myers who acts out of the Shropshire office, said: "Our
involvement in this case highlights the difference between those
who have access to and are able to afford legal advice, and those
who do not.
"With the changes to legal aid being made later in the year,
patients like this run the risk of settling for significantly
reduced payments compared to what they are entitled to and could
achieve with legal representation."