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Medical Negligence

General Practitioner Claims

Your General Practitioner (GP) is often your first point of contact when unwell, possibly the sole doctor you encounter for years. Losing trust in your GP due to errors can be devastating. Dean Wilson's GP Negligence Claims Solicitors assist in cases involving failure to diagnose serious conditions, improper treatment, and other negligence. Despite the emotional toll, our experienced team handles such cases sensitively, fighting for deserved compensation for injuries and financial losses.

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Dean Wilson's GP Negligence Claims Solicitors aid in cases of failure to diagnose serious conditions, improper treatment, and other negligence. Despite the emotional toll, our team handles these cases sensitively, fighting for deserved compensation for injuries and financial losses. GP claims may involve a failure to act, leading to long-term effects. 

Our experienced team navigates these claims with empathy, striving for justice and fair compensation, even when it involves pursuing legal action against a familiar medical professional.

Our Services

GP Negligence Claims Solicitors

GPs deal with a wide range of medical conditions and will often refer patients to an appropriate specialist if they cannot help them directly.

If a GP does not recognise a medical condition that requires you to be seen by a specialist doctor or surgeon (such as cancer) or fails to treat a condition, you could be left with long-term effects and disabilities.

GP claims normally involve a failure to act or a negligent action which has resulted in harm to you. If a GP fails to act, they may have failed to diagnose a condition, failed to refer you to a specialist, failed to prescribe the correct medication (or dose) or failed otherwise to treat a condition. GPs see a wide range of problems and have a very large knowledge of different illnesses and conditions. However, when they do miss something, or act inappropriately, there can be serious consequences.

Typical Cases

GP Medical Negligence

Claims for GP medical negligence include:

  • Failure to diagnose a serious condition (e.g. meningitis, stroke, heart attack or kidney disease);
  • Failure to refer a patient for investigations into serious conditions (e.g. suspected cancer (cancer misdiagnosis), a heart condition or a fractured bone);
  • Failure to examine a patient;
  • Failure to investigate serious symptoms;
  • Failure to treat a serious condition adequately;
  • Failure to visit a patient at home when there is a serious problem;
  • Failure to act on a test result which indicates that there is a serious condition;
  • Prescribing medication incorrectly (prescription error); and
  • Performing badly minor surgical procedures that they are not competent to undertake.

Making a claim against your GP can be very upsetting, particularly as you may have been treated by them for many years. Our team has the experience to deal with your case sensitively and sympathetically as well as to fight for the compensation that your injuries and financial losses demand.

Examples of a delay in diagnosis or a misdiagnosis are often seen in:

  • Cancer cases generally;
  • Bowel cancer cases in particular;
  • Meningitis;
  • Brain bleeds such as subarachnoid haemorrhage;
  • Bone fractures;
  • Heart or vascular problems; and
  • Kidney, liver, brain (and other neurological) conditions.

Our team has a wealth of experience in all types of medical accident claims and a sensitive approach to pursuing claims that is frequently commended by our clients and their families.

For further information please see Frequently Asked Questions about Clinical Negligence Claims. We do not charge for dealing with initial enquiries even if we do not take the claim on. This way you can be safe in the knowledge that you can receive expert legal advice about your complaint without committing to any obligations regarding fees. If we consider that you have a claim which is likely to be successful then we can offer you a “no win no fee” agreement.

If you would like to discuss a potential GP claim please contact us on 01273 249200 for a free, no obligation discussion. We are happy to visit clients at home or in hospital if necessary.

Frequently Asked Questions

Medical Neglience

Making a GP negligence claim is the right decision if your GP has failed in correctly diagnosing you, failed to act in referring your condition to specialists, or made a mistake in treatment that has led to your condition becoming worse.

If you are unhappy with your treatment from your GP because they have failed in treating/diagnosing your condition in a timely manner or your GP has made a medical mistake, you can make a GP negligence claim against them.
You have the right to good healthcare and your GP deserves to improve their service and treatment of all patients after a complaint. Please call us on 01273 249200 for a free, no obligation discussion.

Alex is a real star. He is capable of running the most serious clinical negligence claims. He is personable, efficient and knows his cases inside out.

All the lawyers I have worked with at Dean Wilson are well organised and thorough in their approach.

A wonderful firm that has helped me from beginning to end of my case.

Alex Brown and his team have guided and advised me during my recent personal injury claim in a most professional and courteous manner. Their advice has been faultless throughout and the attention to detail when constructing statements and building my case resulted in a settlement that was on the high side of my expectations.

 

 

Leigh Barnard
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After our son had an accident at work resulting in life-changing injuries, we were given the name of this law firm to help us deal with the aftermath. Ben Davey and his team were efficient, friendly and caring and, after a great deal of hard work, we achieved a very satisfactory outcome for our son. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this firm.

 

 

Judy Wilson
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Great service and expertise during a tricky case and time in my life. Ben was brilliant and did his best to understand the confusing world of motorsport and translate to the legal world in the best way possible.

 

 

Jack Bartholomew
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Ben Davey and Tom Saady Gardiner supported us through navigating our son’s inquest. With the professionalism of Dean Wilson, delivered by Ben and our Barrister, the outcome of the inquest recognised the failings in our son’s care, which was the outcome we had hoped to achieve. Tom’s empathy and kindness was greatly appreciated over the course of the 5 day inquest. If you find yourself in this unenviable position then we would not hesitate in recommending Dean Wilson to help you navigate this overwhelming process.

 

 

Anonymous
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My experience with Dean Wilson was an excellent one. At the start of my claim, I didn’t understand what was going on and how it worked but thanks to Ben Davey, Jessica Edwards and the rest of the team who helped me comprehend how the claim works from start to finish and was always ready to give advice.

 

 

Yanesi Cadogan
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I had a case of medical negligence and I can’t praise Ben Davey enough. I was kept informed of everything all throughout my case which took a long time but was there to help all the way. I would highly recommend to anyone who needed help and my claim was settled way beyond what we expected.

 

 

Rachael Marcou
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My father sadly lost his sight due to a failure in the system in the NHS, from the moment we raised this with the team led by Ben Davey we felt in safe and trusted hands. Things were made easy for me to assist my father we came to very pragmatic conclusion to ensure my dad’s last days can be improved. Professional, supportive, timely, and kind would be my summary. Highly recommended.

 

 

Karen Deacon
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I can’t thank Dean Wilson enough for what they did for me after I was involved in a horrific road traffic accident, followed by major surgery and long rehabilitation. Ben and Tom followed my case and patiently explained to me the legal intricacies of personal injury claims. They always replied promptly to my queries using easily understandable terms. They were professional throughout, extremely competent and, last but not least, very kind and empathic.

 

 

Valeria V
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Ben Davey was highly professional, diligent and constructively helpful in his explanations. Ben quickly identified the issues and provided a practical approach to deal with the issues in question and accordingly I have no hesitation in recommending him and his firm

 

 

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