If your GP fails to listen to your symptoms carefully, or fails to refer you for further treatment, the effects can be very serious and lead to prolonged and worsening health conditions. If your illness or injury has been prolonged as the result of a GPs negligence, then you may be able to make a claim for compensation, on a no win no fee basis. 

 

MG Legal’s team of trusted medical negligence solicitors have a combined knowledge of 30 plus years in the medical negligence industry, with many of the claims we accept, on a no win no fee basis, being as a result of a GPs negligence. Below are some of the examples our medical negligence solicitors have successful pursued compensation against, on a no win no fee basis: 

 

 

 

Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, our GP negligence solicitors were closely following plans for GPs to offer appointments between 9-5 on Saturdays and weekday evening appointments between 6.30pm to 9pm to make it easier for patients to get appointments.  

 

This was to tackle growing problems with inaccessible GP services, which have only been worsened by the pandemic. This has created an all-too-familiar situation for patients, in which a surge of calls at 8am take place by patients hoping to get an appointment, only to be told when they do get through that all the appointments have been booked for that day and you must start the whole process again the following day. 

 

In order to combat this problem, and make GP services more accessible, GPs have been told that they now have to offer these new appointment times, as well as being encouraged to offer more face-to-face appointments for patients. While many are happy to hear of these updates, The British Medical Association have come out and argued that the changes fail to properly address all of the pressures that are being felt by GP’s caused due to the pandemic situation. 

 

Our GP negligence solicitors will be closely following the implementation of these new appointments, and how it will impact patient care. We hope that this widening of GP care will allow more patients to be able to properly access GP services in due time, and seek advice and treatment for illnesses and health conditions such as potential cancer diagnosis and other important checks and referrals. 

 

If you have visited your GP with any of the common symptoms of cancer or another health condition, and have not been referred on for the relevant tests or to the relevant specialists or received the proper treatment, then you could be eligible to make a no win no fee GP negligence claim with our specialist no win no fee solicitors today. 

 

To speak to a no win no fee solicitor on a free, no-obligation basis simply contact us online here and speak to a solicitor within one working hour. 

Patients at a GP practice in Doncaster were wrongly told by text message on Christmas Eve that they had terminal lung cancer. 

 

Askern Medical Practice had intended to send a message to all its patients wishing them Merry Christmas and Happy New Year but accidentally told them they had aggressive lung cancer with metastases, a type of secondary malignant growth. 

The text directed patients to fill out a DS1500 form, which allows people with terminal diseases to claim certain benefits. 

 

A following correction text was sent offering sincere apologies and saying the previous one had been sent out in error. 

 

Sarah Hargreaves, who was waiting for medical test results, said she "broke down" when she received the text, only to be later told it was sent in error. 

Ms Hargreaves said after she received the original text while she was out shopping, she "felt sick to my teeth and broke down". 

She added: "I had just had a mole removed and was awaiting a result from a biopsy and I had been to hospital as my smear test came back abnormal, so yes, I was very worried." 

Despite repeated calls to the surgery, she said she struggled to get through to speak to someone. 

 

One patient took to Facebook to say they were "shaking and close to tears" after receiving the message. They said: "Something's clearly not right at Askern Medical Practice. Fuming. I received this message and I'm not the only one."