GPs
GPs are expected to recognise the symptoms which might suggest someone has Cauda Equina Syndrome and arrange an urgent referral to the Accident and Emergency Department.

Hospital 
Accident and Emergency Departments are expected to arrange an urgent MRI scan to help confirm the diagnosis of Cauda Equina Syndrome and to alert the Spinal Surgeons that urgent surgery may be required.
Cauda Equina Syndrome is a surgical emergency and decompression surgery should be performed within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, on the basis that the longer the nerves are compressed, the more likely that the symptoms will progress and become permanent.

What happens next?

If you, or someone you know has suffered a delay in diagnosis or treatment of Cauda Equina Syndrome, then it might be possible to recover damages as a result of effects that could have been avoided.
Take a look at our compensation page to see what action could be taken.
Did you know, if you have suffered any symptoms of cauda equina syndrome and your medical adviser has not recognised them, or acted upon them quickly enough, then you could make a medical negligence claim?

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