Doctor Negligence Lawyers

Your GP plays an important role in the provision of healthcare as your GP is often your first point of contact when you are feeling unwell. As your first point of contact, your GP is responsible for identifying the differential diagnoses that could be responsible for making you feel unwell. To do so, your GP must carefully listen to your health complaints, take a detailed record of your symptoms, obtain a comprehensive medical history, and perform a thorough physical examination. Those steps enable your GP to identify the appropriate diagnostic investigations that are necessary to assist your GP to work through the differential diagnoses and make a diagnosis. Once your GP makes a diagnosis, your GP would either provide you with a treatment plan or refer you to other doctors, such as specialists, for further management and treatment.  Usually, the sooner that an accurate diagnosis is made, the sooner you receive appropriate treatment and begin to improve. Of course, this depends on your condition. 

Unfortunately, things do not always go as they should. For example, you might present to a GP and rather than carefully listening to you, the GP might dismiss your concerns and rush you out the door. This may result in a misdiagnosis with inappropriate treatment, or a delay in diagnosis and treatment of your condition. A misdiagnosis or delay in diagnosis of a condition are associated with poor health outcomes such as worsening of symptoms, progression, and evolution of a condition, and, in cases involving cancer, metastasis and poor prognosis. 

If you or a loved one have suffered injury due to a GP failing to make an accurate diagnosis and failing to either provide you with necessary treatment or refer you for necessary treatment in a timely fashion, you may have a claim for compensation. Garling and Co Lawyers are equipped with years of experience with similar claims and will be able to assist you to bring a claim for compensation.

Types of Claims

There are numerous types of GP and Doctor failures, such as:

• Delayed diagnosis compensation
• Misdiagnosis
• Prescribe the wrong medication
• Failure to provide or arrange treatment 
• Failure to follow up or act upon test results
• Failure to organise testing
• Failure to adequately examine

Talk to Garling & Co Lawyers today

Navigating medical negligence claims can be intricate within the realm of compensation law. However, you can find solace in our team of skilled medical negligence lawyers, boasting over 20 years of experience, who will guide you through the entire process. We will meticulously evaluate your case, explain all the intricacies involved, and ensure complete transparency before proceeding with any legal actions.

To discuss your claim with our highly knowledgeable medical malpractice lawyers, please reach out to us at 02 8329 9500. Alternatively, you can fill out our confidential case assessment form, free of charge and without any obligation, and expect a response within 24 hours.

We’ve helped hundreds of people win their compensation claims

At Garling & Co, our goal is to win your medical negligence claim and we won’t stop fighting for you. We’ve successfully helped hundreds of medical malpractice sufferers across NSW win their compensation claims and relieve some of the burdens they face. To see how we’ve helped people just like you, take a look at our Testimonials page.