Articles in ‘Birth Injury’ Category

Baby loss awareness week takes place for the 19th year between 9-15 October 2021 with a request to light a candle between 7-8pm on 15th October in remembrance of all babies lost to us in pregnancy or infancy. We are asked to create a wave of light and to post photographs or memories on social media of babies lost to parents and families.

It is one of the privileges of my job to represent truly inspirational people. It’s incredibly heartening to see clients doing well, in the face of what are sometimes very difficult circumstances. R (he’s too modest to be named) is one of these people.

Joachim Stanley explains a few of the options available to those who live with Erb’s palsy, who need assistance with daily living.

Erb’s Palsy, also known as Brachial Plexus Paralysis is a condition which caused by trauma at birth. In our latest RWK Goodman Insights video, see medical negligence partner and Erb’s expert, Paul Rumley, give…

Jane (not her real name) was one of twins who suffered a serious birth injury in 1997 when medical staff delayed her delivery. She suffered asphyxiation which caused a serious brain injury resulting in cerebral palsy. As Jane would not be able to support herself as an adult, her family were naturally worried about how she would provide for herself throughout her lifetime.

A recent report has noted a poor standard of supervision and reviews of care by midwives at Furness General Hospital, raising the question of how peer management should be properly undertaken?

A sad occasion when a child ends up with a serious health condition as a result of a birth injury. In cases like this, the main role of compensation is securing a comfortable future for a child. Our client, Harriet, is a child born in 2002. Her claim was brought forward by her mother who felt that things have been mismanaged during her pregnancy and Harriet’s birth resulting in Harriet’s condition.

A mother who felt “robbed of the first months of her daughter’s life” after the hospital made several serious negligent mistakes during the birth, secured a significant compensation.

Hannah Blackwell, a Partner in the Clinical Negligence Team and an obstetric negligence specialist, considers the long-awaited Ockenden review into maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.