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Stephanie Prior

Private Pregnancy Scans and Substandard Care

In the news, it has been reported that private clinics that offer pregnancy scans to women are not meeting the...

Elline Demetriou

5-figure settlement for infusion leak to mother

Elline Demetriou has reached another successful outcome for a Claimant, who pursued a post C-section birth injury to mother claim...

Stephanie Prior

Perineal Tear case settles for 6-figure sum

Stephanie Prior recently settled a birth injury claim relating to a woman who delivered her baby after a traumatic labour....

Stephanie Prior

Are maternity services safe? – Part 2

In April last year I wrote a piece about government setting up a taskforce to look into why there are...

Pregnant woman performing cardiotocography CTG

Jodi Newton

Poor interpretation of CTG can result in stillbirth...

Poor interpretation of a Cardiotocograph, more commonly known as a CTG, is a leading cause of stillbirth and brain injuries...

Medical doctor in empty hospital corridor

Stephanie Prior

Successful settlement for birth injury that led to...

Stephanie Prior’s case relating to the death of Gabriela Pintilie has settled and has been approved by the High...

Stephanie Prior

Nottingham Maternity: Donna Ockenden to Chair Independent Inquiry

An interim report on the state of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has just been released. However,...

Nicholas Leahy

Justice for client who suffered serious birth injuries

The Clinical Negligence team at Osbornes Law have recently negotiated the settlement of a case in which our client sustained...

Stephanie Prior

Stephanie Prior Comments on the Ockenden ‘Maternity Scandal’...

Following the publication of the Ockenden Report, an independent review of maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust,...

Stephanie Prior

Women from ethnic minorities experience worse maternity care

It has been reported today that the government has set up a new task force to look into why there...

Jodi Newton

999 Call Handlers Maternity Instructions Report

HSIB Report on Maternity Pre-arrival Instructions from 999 Call Handlers The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (“HSIB”) investigate NHS maternity incidents that...

Pregnant Woman and Gynecologist Doctor at Hospit

Stephanie Prior

Recent birth injury cases

Osbornes Law specialises in helping families who have suffered a birth injury. We have represented families who have suffered the...

Jodi Newton

Recent cerebral palsy cases

Osbornes Law specialises in helping families where a child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. We represent clients and families...

Jodi Newton

Likely settlement of £15-20 million for cerebral palsy...

A client who suffered cerebral palsy injuries at birth was awarded £200,000 as an interim payment in a claim against NHS...

Stephanie Prior

Basildon hospital maternity unit still needs improvements

A Channel 4 News investigation into the maternity scandal at Basildon Hospital, which is part of the Mid & South Essex...

Nicholas Leahy

Wrongful birth claim successfully settled

Background Our client, J, fell pregnant in October 2015 and took the difficult decision to undergo a termination. She booked an...

Stephanie Prior

Maternity claim for fatality following caesarean section

Stephanie Prior is acting for a gentleman whose wife died after she had a caesarean section. The claim is on...

Stephanie Prior

NICE revises guidelines on Induced labour

Most babies are born naturally at around 40 weeks gestation. However, some pregnancies continue for longer. According to data from the...

Stephanie Prior

Compensation for Negligence in Maternity Cases

According to the UK’s National Audit Office, the cost to the NHS of medical negligence compensation is currently sitting...

Nicholas Leahy

Osbornes Successfully Settle Wrongful Birth Claim

Nicholas Leahy, clinical negligence lawyer at Osbornes Law has recently negotiated the successful settlement of a wrongful birth case. Our...

Nicholas Leahy

Stillbirth following water birth at home

Nicholas Leahy acted for a young woman who had a water birth at home and two midwives were allocated to...

Stephanie Prior

Impacted Fetal Head During Labour: Maternity Negligence

According to the World Health Organisation, labour is considered obstructed when the fetus cannot progress along the birth canal, despite...

Stephanie Prior

Erb’s palsy injury caused by well-know private...

Our solicitor secured Erb’s palsy injury compensation against a well-known obstetrician who works for the country’s best-known private...

Jodi Newton

Cerebral Palsy injuries suffered at birth likely settlement...

A client who suffered cerebral palsy injuries at birth was awarded over £375,000 as an interim payment in a claim against...

Nicholas Leahy

Failure to diagnose and treat Ogilvie’s syndrome

Our client suffered the consequences of a delayed diagnosis of Ogilvie’s syndrome following the birth of her daughter by...

Stephanie Prior

Claims Against Basildon Hospital

At Osbornes our specialist medical negligence solicitors represent a number of women who have been affected by poor maternity care...

Stephanie Prior

Parental Bereavement Leave & Pay

Leave and pay when a child dies Pregnancy and childbirth can be very exciting but anxious times for both parents. ...

Eloise Mears

Maternity Restrictions Increasing Anxiety for Expectant Mums’

We may be allowed to visit the pub with friends, eat out again at our favourite restaurants and even return...

Jodi Newton

Three-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was given...

A three-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who doctors thought would never walk took her first steps on day one of...

Stephanie Prior

East Kent NHS Trust maternity services under review

An inquest held in January concluded that the death of baby Harry Richford at a hospital in Margate in 2017 was “...

Inquest into death of mum at troubled maternity...

An inquest into the death of a mum at a scandal-hit maternity ward hours after she gave birth will begin...

Stephanie Prior

Mum had stillborn baby after being sent home

A young mum has spoken of the horror of having her child stillborn after she was sent home twice by...

Stephanie Prior

Shrewsbury Baby Scandal

A review into the deaths and injuries of babies at the NHS maternity unit at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital...

Stephanie Prior

Research Into Avoidable Birth Related Brain Injury

Around 1.5 million babies worldwide each year acquire some sort of brain damage during birth. It is also estimated that each...

Stephanie Prior

Painkillers In Pregnancy Linked to Cerebral Palsy

Every year in the UK, nearly 2,000 babies and young children are diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, a complex neurological disorder that...

Link found between powerful epilepsy drug and abnormalities...

Sodium Valproate, a powerful epilepsy drug which is prescribed in the UK under the brand names Epilim, Episenta and Epical,...

Stephanie Prior

Can Stillbirths be prevented?

It has been reported in the press that as many as half of stillbirths in the UK could be prevented...

Stephanie Prior

Family of Birth Injury Victim receive Compensation

The family of a boy left severely brain-damaged by complications at his birth in hospital have accepted £6 million in compensation....