birth injury
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Amanda Cavanagh, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a five-figure settlement for a woman whose baby girl died shortly after birth, an outcome that most likely would...
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A Norfolk hospital has acknowledged that giving a timely emergency caesarean section to a mother in their care could have saved her baby boy’s life. Ms Y was giving birth...
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The parents of a baby who died shortly after his birth are looking for answers about why their son died. Beth and Dan Wankiewicz’s son Clay died from multiple skull...
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Around one in five women are affected by perinatal mental illness. These issues can often have long-last effects on the woman, the child and the wider family. This week (Monday...
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Sharon Allison, partner and head of medical negligence at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £25,000 for a PCS member who suffered a stillbirth as a result of a...
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Sharon Allison, partner and head of medical negligence at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement of £25,000 for a woman who suffered a stillbirth as a result of a hospital’s failure...
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An inquest has found that ‘shocking’ mistakes contributed to the death of a baby at the Queen’s Medical Centre in 2018. Kaylan Coates, son of Hayley Coates, suffered a fractured...
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More than three-quarters of NHS midwives believe that the staffing levels in their NHS trust or board are unsafe, a survey has found. The survey, carried out by the Royal...
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£17,000 obtained for Norfolk woman who suffered psychiatric injury during the birth of her son. Amanda Cavanagh, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has achieved a settlement of £17,000...
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An investigation has found that blame was put on mothers for the death of their babies’ and that a number of women died in labour due to negligence at a...
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World Cerebral Palsy Day is an ideal moment to celebrate those living with cerebral palsy. It is a condition that is estimated to affect one in every 400 people in...
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Ben Ward, a medical negligence specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained an agreement from an NHS Trust that a young man, Mr T, living with cerebral palsy and Erb’s palsy...
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