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Birth Injury Compensation
Birth injury compensation can be claimed when a mother, baby, or both have suffered injury during a birth due to medical negligence during the delivery.
Many parents find themselves faced with birth injuries and are unable to get the answers to the questions from the medical field that they need.
That is where How To Claim Compensation come in. We are here to help parents and be on their side to ensure that if a family should be awarded any sort of compensation, it is done on a timely basis and handled correctly.
The Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) which began in 1995, was set up to better help the National Health Service (NHS) manage medical negligence.
Birth injuries are considered medical negligence and fall in to a category of compensation claims known as professional negligence. A doctor, midwife, hospital or other medical personnel may be responsible for birth injuries.
The CNST is a voluntary service that obstetricians, medical personnel, and hospitals can join. If you feel you have suffered a birth injury due to negligence in any NHS hospital in England, you may find yourself having to hire a birth injury lawyer to represent you and speak to the CNST on your behalf.
Members of the CNST pay membership fees. The size of their fee depends upon their risk standards (high or low) and the amount, if any, of negligent claims they have incurred.
While birth injury lawyers will work with the CNST to recover compensation for a family that has experienced birth injuries, it is the NHS Litigation Authority that will ultimately deal with the claim and pay fees and costs.
Members of the CNST must go through a rigorous evaluation and can receive grades from level one to level three, which is the highest, it is important that you ask your obstetrician (or member) what level they are qualified at.
Birth injuries can affect not only the baby, but also the mother during any delivery. They can be caused by misuse of medical equipment such as forceps, medical inefficiencies, and other avoidable medical procedures.
A mother may have injuries such as vaginal tearing or incorrect suturing after an episiotomy and even infection may occur. Babies may suffer all sorts of birth injuries including cerebral palsy, facial palsy, umbilical cord complications, ruptured placenta, skin irritations, bone fractures, and even brain trauma along with many other conditions that may be considered a birth injury.
No one wants to find themselves in the position of having to deal with claiming compensation for a birth injury, however, if you find you are in such a dilemma, why not ask our claims experts for help. It could make a big difference and make sure you are represented wisely and have a good chance of winning your claim for compensation.
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