Articles in ‘Birth Injury’ Category

Hannah Blackwell and Sophie Angwin-Thornes from RWK Goodman’s specialist maternal injury team has secured £350,000 in damages for a 39-year-old mother who sustained significant and permanent injuries during the birth of her second child…

Sophie Angwin-Thornes in our maternal injury claims team successfully secured a settlement of £70,000 for a thirty-four-year-old mother who suffered a serious ureteric injury sustained during the delivery of her second child.

With a move to investigate the country’s maternity services, a campaign group is calling for the provisions in Oxford to be urgently included in the inquiry’s initial stage.

There has been a lot of focus on maternal choice and informed consent in recent years, but it is clear it is still a major concern in maternity care and is still not happening how…

The Birth Trauma Inquiry report, led by MPs Theo Clarke and Rosie Duffield, aimed to investigate the prevalence, causes and impacts of traumatic birth experiences in the UK. By gathering evidence from over 1,300…

We know that giving birth can be an extremely traumatising experience for some mothers and, coupled with a physical injury, the impact can be life-long. For many mothers, pursuing a birth injury compensation claim…

Hannah Blackwell and Sophie Angwin-Thornes achieved settlement of £300,000 for a woman who suffered a severe fourth-degree perineal tear during the birth of her second child at University Hospital Coventry, part of University Hospital…