Birth Injuries
The time following the birth of a child should be an occasion for the mothers and their families to celebrate and enjoy the arrival of a new baby. Unfortunately, births aren’t always that simple, and any complications which lead to birth injuries can make the occasion both stressful and deeply upsetting for everyone involved.
Medical negligence leading to birth injuries
All expectant mothers would hope to receive the very best care from their midwives and doctors, and normally, when the time comes to give birth, they are given this kind of high quality care.
But sometimes, mistakes or omissions are made by hospital staff and these errors do lead to birth injuries, to the mother or to the child. Where a mistake by a hospital staff member has led to a birth injury, this is known as medical negligence. Cases of medical negligence may lead to successful claims for birth injury compensation if a serious injury has occurred.
Am I eligible to claim birth injury compensation?
The nature of giving birth means that mothers will experience problems and smaller injuries from time to time. Injuries from birth can never be entirely eradicated due to the natural risks encountered by every mother and new baby.
More minor injuries from birth, such as a certain level of swelling and bruising to the mother, are very common and can almost be expected. Where birth injuries such as these occur and heal fairly quickly, pursuing birth injury compensation would not normally be a sensible option. And sometimes, complications at birth mean that a birth injury is beyond anyone’s control.
But when the birth injury is fairly serious, and it can be reliably attributed to a mistake made by a nurse, doctor or midwife, there may be a case for birth injury compensation. For more information visit our for birth injury claims page.
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