Maternity Negligence Claims
Suffering from medical negligence during maternity or childbirth can have catastrophic effects on the lives of the whole family.
Maternity negligence claims are rare and more often than not, there are no complications during pregnancy or child birth that result in either the baby or mum being injured. Unfortunately, errors and negligence do happen from time to time and it can have a long lasting and life changing impact.
If you or your baby have suffered as a result of negligence during maternity and it was due to negligent behaviour from a medical professional you may be entitled to compensation.
If you would like to speak about your case with one of our solicitor, get in touch with our experienced team who will be happy to go through your matter.
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What is Maternity negligence
Maternity negligence is when an error or mistake is made during pregnancy or childbirth, leading to the mother, child or both to sustain injuries. For a claim to be made, you must be able to prove that any injuries were caused due to negligence from a medical professional and that if they had not been negligent, the injuries would not have been sustained.
Maternity negligence is very rare, however when errors are made due to negligent behaviour from a medical professional the consequences can leave a a family suffering with both physical and mental scars to last a life time.
Doctors and midwives have a duty to give reasonable care to a mother and her unborn child. But if mistakes are made during antenatal care this can lead to serious problems. If things go wrong the consequences can be catastrophic, even resulting in the death of a baby.
Examples of maternity negligence:
- Failure to detect serious abnormalities of the unborn baby
- Misdiagnosis of an ante natal infection
- Failed sterilisation
- Ectopic pregnancy
Some of the most common injuries arising from mistakes during childbirth can include:
- Infection (Group B Streptococcus (GBS))
- Fissures causing painful cracks in the lining of the vagina
- Vaginal tears (episiotomy and second or third degree tears) leading to incontinence
- Incorrect suturing following an episiotomy or caesarean section resulting in scarring and the need for further procedures
- Failure to manage pre-eclampsia or HELLP syndrome after the baby has been born leading to risk of seizures, stroke or death of the mother
- Failure to manage other infections
- Caesarean wound infection
- Death
Other Types of Pregnancy & Birth related Negligence:
We are here to help you
Our team of expert medical negligence solicitors are experienced in handling claims for maternity negligence. We are here to help you get the answers as to why the medical mistakes took place. We instruct the appropriate medical experts needed to analyse and build a strong case.
As well as looking at maternity claims, we also deal with birth abnormality/defect claims as well.
No Win No Fee
Youngs Law offer no win, no fee for all of our medical negligence claims, so if you don’t win your case and receive compensation, you don’t pay us a penny. We will also wait for any fee to be paid to us when you receive you compensation and not upon winning you case.
If you think you may have a medical negligence claim involving genetics, contact us today.
