Birth Injury Claims For Mother And Baby

Are you or your baby the victim of birth injury?

The causes of a birth injury can include complications with delivery, staffing problems or NHS funding problems which can threaten the safety of the mother or the baby before, during and after the birth.  It is estimated that about 5000 babies suffer various forms of injuries during birth.

Birth injury liability

In an unfortunate situation of birth injury, the midwives who supervised the birth and or the obstetrician who was present or attended to the baby afterwards may be held accountable.  This may be due to their inability to properly asses and or observe the unusual conditions surrounding the birth which has resulted in the injury and or treatment / intervention provided by them which may have been inappropriate.  It also includes the medical team’s failure to diagnose or react to hypertension and failure to assess whether other forms of delivery, such as cesarean section, should have been considered.

Birth injury and the law

The laws of the UK categorise such blunders by the medical team as professional negligence and the attending doctor / midwife will be held liable unless it is proven he acted in accordance with a body of medical opinion on the subject of birth and delivery.  The duty of care imposed on the medical profession towards their patients makes them responsible and accountable for carrying out procedures with due diligence and in a proper manner.  When the medical team fail to discharge their duties in accordance with the high expected standards and as a result their patient suffers, a claim may be made against the staff member(s) involved.

What should I do next?

The easiest way to get your claim started and to find out what compensation you could be entitled to is to complete the easy online form opposite.  Our expert birth injury lawyers totally understand what you're going through and work hard to get the compensation you deserve.