Despite reaching out several times to her local GP, failings in her care were evident.

Anne shares her powerful Erb's Palsy story, and how it has impacted both her and her families lives.

Amanda shares her powerful Erb's Palsy story, and how it has impacted both her and her families lives.

Alfie shares his powerful Erb's Palsy story, and how it has impacted both his and his families lives.

Charlotte shares her powerful Erb's Palsy story, and how it has impacted both her and her families lives.

In 2017 former triathlete Kayleigh Adams’ life was turned upside down after giving birth to her first child. The trauma of the birth left the now 25 year old with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Having obtained figures from NHS Resolution the Independent reports on the cost of maternity negligence claims over the last 15 years. 

Care Qualify Commission has voiced concern that mothers’ and babies are being put at risk of injury and death because too many maternity units have not improved.

A 77 year old lady from southeast London, Maura Irwin, suffered a ‘slow and painful’ death due to medics accidentally putting her feeding tube into her lungs.

A recent case has given clarity regarding the extent of compensation that should be awarded where  injuries did not relate to the advice sought from a doctor. The supreme Court considered the extent of a doctor’s duty of care in view of what compensation should be paid.

It was reported that in 2018 a hospital drug mix up meant a 77-year-old lady from Plymouth, Devon, was wide awake during her heart surgery at Derriford Hospital.

Last year Dr Bill Kirkup, the expert who led the investigation into maternity fallings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, was called in to review the circumstances of maternity deaths at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust after the Independent revealed that scores of babies had died at the trust between 2014 and 2018, while more than 100 others suffered brain damage during birth.