Summerfield Browne Solicitors are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. SRA number 598802.
We understand that bringing a claim against your doctor or hospital can be a very stressful and traumatic experience. Our medical negligence solicitors have extensive experience of advising on clinical negligence claims and will provide pragmatic advice, tailored to your specific situation and needs. Our clinical negligence lawyers will provide support on all matters relating to your medical negligence claim. We will be sensitive to your situation, and also to your needs, and our medical negligence lawyers will endeavour to achieve the best outcome for you as soon as possible.
Whether you need help in relation to misdiagnosis, wrong medication, delayed referral for cancer, failure to recognize a serious condition, birth injuries to mother and/or baby, surgical injuries, or brain injury, our clinical negligence solicitors are here to help you.
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Both babies and mothers during childbirth can be affected by medical negligence. If medical professionals what helped deliver your baby failed to meet appropriate standards, you may be entitled to birth injury compensation.
Sadly, mistakes happen because of birth injuries, and these can be devastating and traumatic. Our birth injury solicitors will listen to you, determine whether you have a claim and support you.
Many birth injuries are unavoidable and occur naturally. However, some could have been avoidable and can include:
We can help with a wide range of birth injuries including:
Cerebral Palsy is a neurological condition by brain damage affecting an individual’s movement, balance and posture.
In some instances, medical negligence during pregnancy or childbirth can result in Cerebral Palsy. This can be due to:
The above are only a few examples, but such negligence could mean that you have a potential Cerebral Palsy claim.
Cauda Equina Syndrome is a rare but very serious condition. It is where the bundle of nerves called the cauda equina at the bottom of the spine get compressed.
Unfortunately, the consequences of poor or delayed treatment can be life changing. If you or a loved one is suffering from this Cauda Equina Syndrome as a result of medical negligence, our specialist Cauda Equina Syndrome Solicitors can help and support you.
A delay in a diagnosis of cancer can cause significant to the individual and in some cases, prove fatal. If you have suffered an unreasonable delay in a diagnosis of cancer by medical professionals such as the Hospital Consultant or General Practitioner, our medical negligence solicitors can provide specialist advice.
As delay in diagnosing caner often means the disease could spread further resulting in a poor outcome or reducing the chance of survival.
In most cases surgery will go as planned. However, no surgical procedure has a 100% success rate. Occasionally, mistakes are made by surgeons. This can result in a poor outcome or an injury.
Common types of surgery include elective surgery, keyhole surgery, eye surgery, cosmetic surgery, open surgery and emergency surgery.
Examples of surgical negligence can include:
If you have suffered with any of the above, our solicitors specialising in surgical negligence claims can assist you.
Unfortunately, in some instances cosmetic surgery can fail and you could be entitled to make a compensation claim for medical negligence.
Claims for cosmetic surgery negligence can include the following:
Our cosmetic surgery negligence solicitors will gather all the necessary evidence on your behalf and support you every step of the way.
If you are not satisfied with the care you received in hospital A&E, our medical negligence solicitors can assist. Accident and Emergency departments are very busy and unfortunately mistakes can happen.
Usually A&E errors relate to failing to arrange adequate blood tests or X-rays, failing to perform adequate examinations, failing to interpret investigation results.
If you are unsatisfied with the standard of care you have received in hospital A&E, please contact our medical negligence solicitors.
Our clinical negligence lawyers can accept a variety of funding methods for negligence claims. Our medical negligence solicitors can also arrange After the Event (ATE) insurance to cover liability for the opponent’s legal costs.
All negligence claims have their grounding in the law of tort. As with all negligence claims, a medical negligence claim must surpass four legal stages; these are:
Duty of Care
Breach of Duty of Care
Causation
Damage or Injury
To bring a successful medical negligence claim against any medical professional it must be shown that they have fallen below the standard of care expected of the ordinary skilled man exercising and professing to have that special skill. The medical professional must also show a logical explanation for their actions, which must then be accepted by the Court.
Proving causation can be difficult in any medical negligence case. There must be a clear and unbroken chain of causation linking the breach of the duty to the damage sustained to the claimant. Our clinical negligence lawyers would always advise that you should start the process by lodging a complaint with the medical provider themselves.
If they are a private healthcare provider, then you will normally have been supplied with a contract and guarantees, these can sometimes be the correct platform on which to base your claim. Ideally, you should lodge any complaint within 12 months of treatment. After filing the complaint, you will receive the healthcare provider’s perspective of the event, accompanied by the dates of any appointments and treatments to establish a clear chronology of events. This information can be used by our medical negligence lawyers to assess in advance, what their defence is likely to be, and therefore the strength of any claim. Our team of medical negligence lawyers will go to great lengths to fully understand how the injury/damage has impacted your life, and what compensation you require to help you recover both physically and emotionally.
Summerfield Browne Solicitors will aim to reach a final settlement, that will give you and your family, the compensation you need and deserve. Our team of specialist medical negligence lawyers will robustly negotiate on your behalf, and endeavour to obtain the best settlement for you as soon as possible.
