Midwife Negligence Claims

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Overview

Legal experts who listen and act on midwife negligence

Practical legal support when things go wrong in maternity care

Midwives are trusted professionals, often the first to respond when something feels wrong in pregnancy or labour. But mistakes can happen. When they do, the impact can be devastating – for both mother and baby. We support families through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. Our medical negligence solicitors are experienced in handling claims where midwife errors led to serious injury or loss. These can include brain injury, stillbirth, or complications from untreated infections as well as trauma and long-term health problems for the mother.

What we offer

We take time to listen and understand your experience. If we believe you have a viable claim, we’ll guide you through every step of the process. Successful claims can help cover specialist care, loss of earnings, therapy, and other needs – now and in the future.

Our goal is to seek accountability and secure the support your family needs to move forward.

How we can help

If you’d like to meet one of our experts for a confidential, no obligation chat, please get in touch.

We have offices across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, but we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales.

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Our experience in midwife negligence cases 

Midwife negligence can have serious consequences for mother and child. The most severe cases can involve brain damage to babies and, tragically, stillbirth or the baby’s death shortly after birth. Even if the baby is healthy, negligence can cause birth injuries to mothers. Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and life-changing physical issues (such as incontinence) can seriously impact the mother’s life. Occasionally, the mother may die. Our leading birth injury claims solicitors have a great deal of experience helping parents through complex midwife negligence cases. We understand the practical, emotional and financial implications a serious birth injury can cause.

A successful claim can provide:

  • financial security for your child’s future and adult life
  • funding for current care requirements 
  • care for your child in your old age, or following your death
  • compensation for your loss of earnings
  • compensation for your pain and suffering
  • funding for specialist therapy, counselling and other care you might need
  • closure about what happened during your pregnancy and care, and even an apology from those responsible for your care.

Examples of potential midwife negligence cases:

  • Missed signs of complications during pregnancy
  • Dismissal of symptoms or failure to admit patients
  • Poor monitoring of baby’s heart rate during labour
  • Delay in identifying stage of labour or providing aftercare
  • Failure to diagnose or treat neonatal infection or jaundice
  • Maternal injuries or pressure sores
  • Communication breakdowns between midwives and families or teams
  • Errors in medication given before, during or after birth

Our experience in midwife negligence claims

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