Midwife Negligence Claims

Put your medical negligence claims in the safest hands. 

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.

We could not fault the service provided by the whole team at Tees. Responsive, supportive and extremely professional throughout. The success in the case and the justice achieved was what we wanted.

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 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.

We’re here to help

Tees is recognised by Legal 500 for our medical negligence expertise. We take on complex cases others may not, and we’re honest from the start about your chances of success.

Our approach is straightforward: we’ll review your case and only proceed if we believe it has strong grounds. If you don’t win, you won’t pay – we work on a no win, no fee basis.

We’re also committed to driving change in healthcare practices. By pursuing a claim, you could help improve standards and prevent harm to others in the future.

If you’d like to meet one of our medical negligence 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

Our legal services are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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