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General Medicine compensation claims

Our General medicine claims expertise

Our medical negligence team specialises in general medicine negligence claims. Our specialist solicitors have secured compensation for victims of general medicine negligence, helping them to rebuild their lives, access proper treatment, rehabilitation and care and compensate for any financial losses that they have suffered as a result of negligent care.

What is general medicine?

General medicine deals with the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of diseases of the internal organs. General physicians deal with all aspects of general medical conditions, including conditions relating to:

  • Chest (respiratory medicine)
  • Lungs
  • Cardiology (heart and blood vessels)
  • Gastroenterology (gut, organs such as the liver and pancreas)
  • Endocrinology (glands, such as the thyroid gland or adrenal gland)
  • Nephrology (kidneys)
  • Rheumatology (bones and joints)
  • Haematology (blood disorders)
  • Dermatology (skin conditions)

Our expertise

Our medical negligence team has successfully concluded a wide variety of general medicine claims including:

  • Failure to recognise and treat medical conditions
  • Delay in diagnosis of illness and disease
  • Failure to refer to appropriate specialist
  • Failure to treat and recognise condition, for example PE or DVT (blood clots)
  • Failure to investigate a confusional state leading to an intra cranial bleed
  • Inappropriate drug administration errors

Contact us

For further information or if you believe you have a general medicine legal claim, please contact our medical negligence team on freephone 0800 358 3848, email personalinjury@ffw.com or complete our short enquiry form.

All initial enquiries are completely free of charge and we will investigate all funding options for you including legal aid and no win, no fee.