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Sepsis – support for patients and their relatives
Posted: 13/03/2023
When someone suffers from sepsis, the impact on their family and loved ones can be significant and far-reaching. This article focuses on the support available under these circumstances, as well as how to investigate a claim on behalf of someone else. Depending on the severity, sepsis can be life-changing. Some survivors of sepsis have physical......>>
Jaundice in newborn babies – what is it and why might it lead to a claim?
Posted: 09/03/2023
This article in our birth injury series looks at jaundice in newborn babies, how this can arise, and when it can lead to serious complications. Jaundice is caused by a substance in the blood called bilirubin. Bilirubin is made from red blood cells that have broken down, and is yellow in colour. If the bilirubin builds up too much in the blood......>>
Pre-operative investigations: what they are and what to expect
Posted: 21/02/2023
Following our recent article on post-operative care, this article focuses on the reasons for investigations before surgery, what tests may be done, and what happens if the right investigations are not made. Before surgery, unless it is an emergency situation, patients will usually undergo various tests and investigations to make certain that......>>
Understanding hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
Posted: 17/11/2022
HIE occurs when there is a lack of oxygen or blood flow reaching a baby through the placenta. Broken down, hypoxia means deprivation of oxygen, ischaemia refers to a lack of blood supply, and encephalopathy refers to disease or damage to the brain. HIE often occurs before or during birth, but it can also occur shortly after birth......>>
What happens after a clinical negligence claim settles – a young mother’s story
Posted: 24/10/2022
Often, the media focuses on the financial worth of clinical negligence claims. Although this is important, we should not forget that there is someone at the centre of each claim that is investigated, and a personal story behind the figures. This article focuses on Emily, a former client of Penningtons Manches Cooper......>>
Are babies' deaths being incorrectly recorded?
Posted: 24/10/2022
A recent Telegraph investigation has found that babies' deaths in NHS hospitals are not being recorded properly. The investigation, reported on 16 October 2022, found several examples of babies who were born alive but, after they later died, were recorded as stillborn by the hospitals......>>
Bowel perforation: what it is, how it occurs, and the importance of prompt treatment
Posted: 30/08/2022
The term ‘bowel perforation’ refers to a hole in the wall of the bowel, which can cause the contents of the bowel to leak. The bowel sits within the abdominal cavity (alongside many other internal organs), which means that any leaking can lead to severe infection and inflammation......>>
Sepsis – making a clinical negligence claim
Posted: 11/08/2022
Our recent article on sepsis in children explained that sepsis is a dangerous complication of infection. Sometimes, death or serious injury from sepsis could have been avoided with quicker or different treatment. In these cases, the patient or their family may decide to investigate what happened by making a clinical negligence claim......>>
Facial paralysis: why it occurs in newborn children, and how it should be treated
Posted: 11/08/2022
Facial paralysis means nerve damage that causes loss of movement in the face. It has many causes, but this summary focuses on facial paralysis in newborn children, when the nerves that control the facial muscles are inflamed or damaged during birth. It is also known as ‘facial palsy’ and one of the primary causes is birth trauma......>>
Sepsis in children
Posted: 27/07/2022
There have been a number of cases reported recently of children tragically passing away from sepsis. However, many of us do not know exactly what sepsis is, how to spot it, and why it affects children in particular. Why does sepsis occur? Sepsis is the term used for one of the body’s reactions to infection......>>
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