Medical negligence specialist featured in The Legal Diary for comments on the Amos Report

Medical negligence managing associate, Emma Beeson, has recently been featured in legal journalist Edward Fennell’s respected Legal Diary, as one of the top legal comments of the week.

Emma, who is representing families that received treatment at the trusts investigated as part of Baroness Amos’ report into medical negligence in NHS maternity services, was highlighted for her following commentary:

“The scale of human suffering and trauma described in this report is beyond horrific, but unfortunately something we see day after day. The sad thing is that this isn’t only happening in the trusts Baroness Amos investigated, but in trusts across the country on a depressingly regular basis.

“The maternity system in the UK is fractured and desperately needs a revolution to save it. Putting a plaster on it after yet another report into failings is no longer enough and we need to go back to basics and start all over again. Chronic understaffing needs to be addressed so that the NHS staff who are doing their best have a fighting chance. Mothers, midwives and doctors are consistently ignored when they raise concerns, often resulting in catastrophic consequences and ruined lives. This cannot be allowed to go on. Resolutions need to be brought in immediately, and not in 18 months when hundreds more mothers and babies may have been injured or died, no matter who is in Downing Street and the Department of Health.”

A specialist in medical negligence claims relating to gynaecology and urogynaecology, Emma acts for clients throughout the country. She leads the firm’s gynaecology team, as well as the maternal injury team.

To see Emma’s feature in The Legal Diary, see here.