Pages On: Birth Injury
Having a child is mostly a magical experience, however, preventable complications can arise. Medical professionals hold a duty of care to all patients, and pregnant people are no different. Injuries during childbirth can occur to the mother and baby where doctors and nurses act negligently. It can have seriously damaging consequences for the life of the child, such oxygen starvation leading to cerebral palsy. Such conditions can render a child essentially helpless, needing constant care. This not only removes the livelihood of the child, but the parents also. If you’ve suffered a birth injury, and feel medical negligence is to blame, you may be entitled to claim compensation.
Maternity staff errors cause baby death
Posted: 16 November 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A hospital trust has admitted to errors that resulted in the death of a newborn baby earlier this year. The baby girl died only two days after being born, with an investigation finding that she would have survived had her mother been given a caesarean section sooner. Delilah Hubbard died on 9 March in Leicester Royal Infirmary’s neonatal unit. The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust admitted to a number of failings that led to the death of the baby. The mother, 25-year-old Clara Bassford, had been classed as a…
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Birth Injury Claims – Get Compensation in Bristol
Posted in: Birth Injury, Medical Negligence
As a parent, the expectation of a new arrival baby should always be one of life’s most joyous occasions. Unfortunately, accidents can happen, and whilst rare, the effects can be devastating. In many cases it will be due to clinical negligence. However, if a birth injury occurred, our personal injury claims team are able to support parents at this time. Specialists in Clinical Negligence With nationwide statistics showing that nearly 8% of babies are hurt during childbirth, our solicitors** are specialist in the area of clinical negligence. We understand that…
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Former partner suing NHS trust for £1million
Posted: 26 March 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The former partner of a woman who fell into a coma after giving birth to a son, who later died, is suing the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for £1million. 46-year-old Christian Cooper remains in a ‘minimally responsive state’ and lives in a nursing home after suffering the heart attack at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in July 2005. Her former partner, Julian Harrington, claims that hospital staff failed to explain the possible risks involved in a conventional delivery. Ms Cooper had given birth to her two previous children by Caesarean,…
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£37.8 million paid out to patients by health trust
Posted: 11 October 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
After a family recently received compensation for the brain damage their son endured following a hospital error, figures have revealed that the health trust has paid out over £37.8 million to patients in the last ten years. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust agreed to compensate the family of Cody Lyster-Hughes £6.5m earlier this week – one of the biggest payouts the health trust has ever made. Following the announcement of this settlement, figures detailing other payouts were released under the Freedom of Information Act. It was found…
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NHS trust paid out £24.4m in last year alone
Posted: 9 February 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, NHS Claims
Oxfordshire’s hospital trust has paid out more than any other hospital authority due to ‘mistakes and blunders’ in 2013. Figures have revealed that the trust has seen a surge in cases, having risen by 1,000 percent in less than a decade. When figures were first published in 2003/04, Oxfordshire paid out £2.3m to claimants, which has risen to almost £25m in 2013. Figures have shown that Oxfordshire has paid out £113.7m to claimants in the last 10 years. Where the number of claims being awarded has increased, so has the amount…
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Health visitor struck off after failing to recognise baby’s broken arm
Posted: 26 September 2013
Posted in: Arm Injury, Birth Injury, Medical Negligence
A health visitor working for Cambridgeshire Community Services has been struck off after failing to recognise that a baby in her care had a broken arm. Despite the mother of the baby raising concern over worrying bruising that had appeared on her baby’s arm, Deborah Kendall failed to carry out any examination and failed to recognise the breakage. The mother and her baby had been under the care of Ms. Kendall since March 2011 – who was based near Ely at the time – and had around 35 years of experience…
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