What are periodical payment orders (PPO) in medical negligence claims?
A periodical payment order or PPO is a structured method of paying compensation, commonly used to provide for the lifelong care needs of a severely disabled child in a cerebral palsy, birth injury, or neonatal brain injury claim. A PPO requires the defendant to pay the injured claimant a regular income, at a pre-determined, agreed […]
What medical records do I need for a birth injury claim?
When a child is injured during birth, parents often find themselves navigating a whole new, unknown area. Not only do they have to try to come to terms with often quite traumatic circumstances, but they usually also have many unanswered questions about what might have gone wrong. If you are considering a birth injury claim, […]
How to win a Cauda Equina claim – Q&A with a Cauda Equina Solicitor
Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare but serious medical emergency. When the nerves at the base of the spinal cord become compressed, the consequences can be life‘changing. Prompt diagnosis and urgent decompression surgery can prevent permanent damage to a patient’s bowel, bladder, sexual function and mobility. Delays at any stage of NHS assessment, including […]
I have cerebral palsy – Am I too old or too young to make a cerebral palsy claim?
When negligent maternity or neonatal care leaves a child with cerebral palsy, the right to claim compensation for their injury belongs to the child. Growing public awareness of patients’ rights to claim for birth injury compensation means that it’s now increasingly common for claims for brain-injured children to be made in the child’s early years, […]
Living with Erb’s palsy or brachial plexus nerve injury
If your child has partial or complete paralysis in one arm after a difficult or traumatic birth, they may be suffering from Erb’s palsy, a condition that is commonly caused by negligent birth injury to their brachial plexus nerves. What is the brachial plexus? The brachial plexus is a network of five nerves, including four […]
Birth injury compensation claims from Syntocinon and uterine hyperstimulation and rupture in labour
Syntocinon errors, hyperstimulation and uterine rupture during childbirth can cause severe injury to both mother and baby, and often lead to cerebral palsy and birth injury claims. In recent years, Boyes Turner’s specialist birth injury and cerebral palsy solicitors have recovered over £80 million in compensation for clients who have suffered devastating injury from hyperstimulation, uterine […]
Can meconium aspiration cause brain injury?
Meconium can be both a sign and a cause of oxygen deprivation in a newborn baby. In the absence of careful management during labour and delivery and immediately after birth, meconium can lead to brain injury, cerebral palsy and permanent disability. What is meconium? Meconium is the name that is given to a newborn baby’s […]
Hyponatraemia – brain injury from low blood sodium caused by fluid monitoring errors in childbirth
If a mother is allowed to drink too much water during childbirth, her blood can become dangerously short of sodium (salt). This leaves both the mother and her new baby at risk of serious neurological injury from a condition called hyponatraemia. Correct fluid management is a basic element of the midwife’s role during her patient’s […]
Professional negligence and compensation after solicitors’ mistakes in medical negligence claims
When healthcare mistakes cause life-changing disability leaving us dependent on medical negligence compensation for support, we put our trust in our solicitors’ capability to advise us correctly and act competently and professionally on our behalf. Where a solicitor fails to meet those expectations, whether from lack of expertise or by inadvertent mistakes, their negligence can […]
Can I claim compensation for a birth injury in the UK if I now live abroad?
If a child has cerebral palsy or neurodevelopmental disability from a birth injury or neonatal injury caused by negligent healthcare in England or Wales, they can claim compensation. There are also limited circumstances in which a birth injury abroad may give rise to a compensation claim under English law, such as where the baby was […]