If you or your loved one have suffered a stillbirth due to medical negligence, our team are here to lend a helping hand and give you the support you need.
Experiencing a stillbirth is something no expectant mother should have to go through. Unfortunately, stillbirths can occur, and the cause isn’t always clear.
The last thing you expect during your pregnancy and during birth is medical negligence. Mistakes do happen, potential issues can be overlooked and it’s our role to make sure anyone who suffers at the hands of negligence is given the right legal advice and support.
We understand how traumatic losing a baby can be, and we’ll do everything we can to make sure you or your loved one are supported every step of the way during a stillbirth claim. If the reason for your loss turns out to be due to the negligence of a medical practitioner, we’ll do our best to help you make a claim.
If you would like to talk to someone about a potential stillbirth negligence claim, we encourage you to get in touch with our team today.
Our PR team recently put in an FOI request, where we asked every health trust in England for the number of medical negligence claims relating to stillbirths between 2012/13 and 2022/23. Our research has found alarming statistics, and we’ll keep updating this area with further coverage.
Baby deaths expose faults in NHS care
Two babies lost to maternity blunders every week – with comments from Nikki Fahey
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Read about our client Tiffany, a mother-of-four whose son was delivered stillborn due to a series of delays and communication failures during her labour, who has settled her medical negligence claim against the defendant hospital trust.
We carry out many of our claims on a no win, no fee basis. This means there are no upfront costs for you and, provided that you have not misled or acted against the advice that we have given you, no financial risk to you – even if your claim is not successful.
In most instances we will purchase ‘After the Event’ (ATE) insurance on your behalf to cover any legal costs should you not win the case. However, if you have a ‘Before the Event’ (BTE) insurance policy included in your home, car or credit card insurance then we may look to use that insurance to cover the legal costs and an ATE policy should not then be required.
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In general you have three years from the date of negligence or reasonable knowledge of mistreatment by a medical professional causing you harm to bring a medical negligence compensation claim. There are some exceptions to this rule; for instance where the matter involves a child in which case the child has three years from the date of their 18th birthday to bring a claim, therefore expiring on the individual’s 21st birthday.
It is important to speak to our medical negligence solicitors as early as possible to avoid any issues with limitation dates.
