MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS PERTH

Injuries (both to mother and baby) can be life changing. We handle birth injury claims including cerebral palsy and hypoxic injuries, as well as injuries to the mother because of a traumatic birth. We also assist in matters where mother or baby has suffered physical or psychiatric injury following the birth.

The first point of contact for those in urgent need.  With a host of common time-critical problems, any delay or error can have profound consequences.

An emerging key area of practice.
Tragically, an area in which surgery, often portrayed as simple and effective can have devastating consequences.
We have handled and continue to handle large numbers of cases involving sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass.

An area related to women’s health-based cases that, unfortunately, are the most common area for claims. Often cases hinge on poor communication: inadequate warnings, lack of discussion about alternatives etc.

Increasing reliance on imaging and the volume of work faced by radiologists, result, perhaps inevitably, in errors of analysis and reporting.

The blurring of lines between surgeon and radiologist in interventional radiology is also a recurrent area of claims.

An emerging area of work, with growing recognition of mental health and limits on available resources.

Cases include misdiagnosis, poor management of medication and failure to identify and protect at-risk patients, sometimes with tragic consequences.