clinical negligence

Your primary objective is the provision of first rate healthcare to your patients. But if patients are dissatisfied and claims are brought this can be a source of great stress for everyone involved. Our lawyers understand the challenges you face and we provide pragmatic solutions, handling claims quickly, efficiently and sensitively and collating evidence to help you reduce risk.

  • our experience – members of the NHS Litigation Authority and Medical Protection Society panels as well as acting for insurers of private healthcare providers. Extensive experience of the full range of claims, from large obstetric brain damage actions to claims against alternative medicine practitioners and prison healthcare providers
  • one of the largest dedicated clinical negligence and human rights teams in the UK - including nine partners based in Nottingham and Birmingham, representing healthcare providers across the country
  • constantly at the cutting edge – responding to national consultations about issues such as access to justice, costs and damages on behalf of our clients
  • pioneering solutions – we devised a unique process for handling hundreds of claims from children who had been inappropriately medicated over many years, using a panel of experts who meet with the parents to decide on all the issues without going to court
  • specialist advice on related issues – including inquests, risk management and regulatory proceedings
  • ongoing training and support – regular seminars held at our clients’ premises and our own offices, including our course for clinical claims managers

Result: ensuring the best outcomes for your organisation; effective risk prevention; round-the-clock access to expert advice

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Carole Ayre
Partner and Head of Clinical Negligence
0115 976 6223
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Nick Parsons
Partner and Head of Insurance & Public Risk
0115 976 6255
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Simon Tait
Partner and Head of Health
0115 976 6559/0121 237 3913
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Ian Long
Partner
0115 976 6194
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Sarah White
Partner
0121 237 3925
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Lorna Hardman
Partner
0115 976 6228
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Sarah Manning
Partner
0121 237 3932