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Meningitis Negligence Claims Solicitors
Our specialist solicitors will help you claim the compensation you deserve if you have suffered harm as a result of meningitis caused or worsened by medical negligence.
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How our meningitis negligence compensation solicitors can help
A medical negligence claim is compensation sought when a healthcare professional’s failure to provide an acceptable standard of care has caused you or a loved one harm. To succeed, it generally must be shown that a duty of care was owed, that this duty was breached, and that the breach directly caused injury that wouldn’t otherwise have occurred.
Doctors, GPs, and hospital staff owe patients a duty of care to recognise and treat serious conditions like meningitis promptly. Because meningitis can progress within hours, a delay in diagnosis or treatment, or a failure to act on clear warning signs, can lead to permanent disability, brain injury, or death.
Whether you’re considering a claim for yourself or on behalf of someone else, our solicitors can review the medical care provided, explain whether it fell below an acceptable standard, and support you through the claims process on a no win, no fee basis.
Types of meningitis negligence claims
Meningitis can progress rapidly, and a delay or failure at any point in diagnosis or treatment can lead to life-changing consequences, including permanent disability or death. Meningitis negligence claims can arise from a number of failures across the care pathway, including:
- Diagnosis failures: failing to recognise meningitis symptoms in adults (stiff neck, photophobia, non-blanching rash, high fever, severe headache) or the less specific signs in babies and young children (lethargy, poor feeding, high-pitched cry, bulging fontanelle), or failing to carry out or act on a lumbar puncture and other diagnostic tests
- Treatment delays: delayed administration of antibiotics for suspected bacterial meningitis, delayed escalation to intensive care or specialist neurological input, or failure to treat promptly once meningitis is confirmed or strongly suspected
- Failure to follow protocols: not applying recognised early-warning tools or guidance on meningitis and suspected sepsis in children, or discharging a patient without appropriate safety-netting advice when meningitis couldn’t be ruled out
- Missed complications: failure to identify or manage complications such as hearing loss, brain damage, hydrocephalus, or limb loss, or failure to refer for appropriate rehabilitation or specialist follow-up
- Maternal and neonatal meningitis: failure to spot meningitis in newborns, who are at higher risk and often present atypically, or failure to treat maternal infections that can be passed to a baby during birth
Who can make a meningitis negligence claim?
A claim can be brought by the person who suffered the meningitis-related injury. In some cases, though, the severity of the injury, such as significant cognitive or physical impairment, may mean the individual doesn’t have the mental capacity to bring a claim themselves. Where this happens, a loved one, known as a Litigation Friend, can act on their behalf.
If a child has been affected by delayed diagnosis of meningitis, a claim can also be brought on their behalf by a parent or other adult acting as their Litigation Friend.
Where meningitis has sadly resulted in death, a claim may be pursued by the loved ones of the deceased, both on behalf of their estate and on behalf of those who were financially dependent on them.
How to make a meningitis negligence claim
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Contact our team
Get in touch at your earliest convenience. We offer a free initial consultation to assess the merits of your case, the best way forward and discuss how we can help.
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We build your case
Early contact means we can start working on your case while the details of your treatment are still fresh, helping us build the strongest possible case on your behalf.
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Secure your compensation
Where the NHS or private healthcare provider acknowledges liability early on, we may be able to secure interim compensation payments ahead of your final settlement, helping cover medical costs and living expenses while you recover.
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Get In TouchMeningitis Negligence Claims FAQs
A claim can arise where there's been a delay in diagnosing or treating meningitis, and that delay has led to avoidable harm or death.
Bacterial meningitis is generally more life threatening and needs urgent antibiotic treatment, while antibiotics aren't effective against viral meningitis.
If diagnosis or treatment is delayed, bacterial meningitis can result in death or life changing symptoms.
This can occur where a GP, nurse, or pharmacist fails to suspect it, where hospital staff in A&E or an assessment unit fail to suspect it, or where there's a delay in giving antibiotic treatment.
Claims may relate to injuries such as amputation of limbs, epilepsy, hearing or vision loss, impaired memory or concentration, and problems with co-ordination, movement, or balance.
Yes. As it's estimated that up to 1 in 10 cases of bacterial meningitis is fatal, loved ones of someone who has died may be able to bring a claim on their behalf.
No, as claims are handled on a No Win, No Fee basis, so there's no cost to you if the claim is unsuccessful.
It typically follows seven steps: an initial consultation, case assessment, gathering documentation, claim preparation, negotiation, litigation if required, and finally resolution.
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