Maternity negligence claims
Claim compensation for negligent care during pregnancy or labour
Our medical negligence solicitors have helped many mothers who have experienced preventable life-changing complications during pregnancy or childbirth pursue a successful maternity negligence claim and secure compensation to cover private remedial surgery and treatments.
Throughout pregnancy and labour, you are closely monitored by a team of midwives and obstetricians. If a complication arises, it’s usually spotted quickly and responded to correctly to ensure mother and baby’s safety. However, on rare occasions, mistakes are made, and some can have devastating consequences.
If you’re concerned about the treatment you received during your pregnancy or labour and you or your baby has been injured as a result, please get in touch so we can help you.
Request a free maternity negligence claim assessment
Call 0800 316 8892 or get in touch online to speak to a medical negligence solicitor who specialises in maternity negligence and birth injuries to mothers. This consultation is free and you’re under no obligation to go any further.
On this page
Examples of birth injuries to the mother
Types of maternity negligence claims
Maternity care in the UK is usually very good. However, if during your pregnancy, a midwife or other healthcare professional fails to spot warning signs or doesn’t take the right action to prevent serious harm to you or the baby, this may amount to negligence.
Examples of negligence during pregnancy include:
- Failure to detect serious abnormalities of the unborn baby
- Misdiagnosis of gestational diabetes
- Misdiagnosis of an antenatal infection
- Failed sterilisation
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Failure to diagnose and treat pre-eclampsia
Examples of birth injuries to mother
Birth injuries to the mother arising from mistakes during labour include:
- Bowel incontinence post-birth
- Post partum haemorrhage
- Perineal tears
- Retained placenta
- Injury through assisted delivery
- Errors during C-sections or failing to offer a caesarean
- Infection, e.g. Group B Streptococcus (GBS)
- Fissures in the lining of the vagina
- Failure to manage pre-eclampsia or HELLP syndrome
- Failure to manage other infections
- Incorrect suturing after an episiotomy or caesarean section causing scarring and requiring further treatment
- Caesarean wound infection
- Death during childbirth
Reasons to choose Clarke Willmott for your maternity negligence claim
- Empathetic and considerate approach – we’ll listen carefully to your experience and how it has impacted you and your family to ensure you get the treatment and support you need.
- Accredited medical negligence experts – we’re a member of The Law Society, AvMA and APIL specialist clinical negligence panels, independent bodies that insist on the highest quality service and value for money.
- Partner oversight – your claim will be supervised by one of our most senior and experienced medical negligence solicitors, so you receive the highest standard of advice.
- Proven track record – a history of achieving significant compensation in complex maternity negligence claims.
- Legal support beyond your claim – as a full-service law firm, we can advise you on any further legal matters arising from your claim.
Speak to a specialist maternity negligence solicitor
Call 0800 316 8892 now or contact us online to request a free consultation to discuss your claim with a specialist maternity negligence solicitor.
