The following is a video of Richard Follis of Access Legal in which he explains how their medical negligence team of solicitors can advise you and help you deal with cerebral palsy.
In the video Richard explains: Cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition, for the majority of children the doctors will never know what causes the condition in the first place, but for an unlucky few, lack of oxygen, at or near the time of birth, severe jaundice, exposure to infection, or indeed exposure to some drugs, may cause or contribute to a lifelong neurological disability. In different children this plays out in very different ways, from the athetoid child who has terrible difficulty with motor control but wholly persevered intellect. Through to the child who is spastic quadriplegia, who may be completely dependent upon others, throughout the whole of their life, for even the most basic of care
These are serious and important cases with lifelong implications for the children and later the adults that they become. Access Legal from Shoosmiths have long experience in helping families who have unexpectedly found that they have cerebral palsy, and are looking to see what the implication of that may be.
If a child is going to need lifelong care it’s vital that a proper investigation is undertaken, preferably as early as possible to make sure that no stone is left unturned in finding out how this condition arouse. If the condition arose because of some fault on the part of the doctors either before, at, or soon after the time of delivery, then it’s possible to bring a claim.
Help is needed from the very best medical experts in the country, from obstetricians, paediatric neurologists, neurological radiologists, to name but a few. Once there is a claim its then necessary to value how this particular injury would affect this particular child. No two cases of cerebral palsy are alike; the way in which different children are affected will vary according not only to the severity of the condition but to the circumstances in which they find themselves.
What’s important is to begin to build a close working relationship, and bond of trust with a senior lawyer in order to make suer that your child’s case is investigated as thoroughly as it deserves.
The level of compensation in the UK is far from generous, which is why in these most serious cases it’s important that you have a specialist serious injury lawyer to advise you about making a claim. Who can make sure the amount of compensation to which your child is entitled, fully reflects the extent of the help that they will need in all of the years to come.
If you child has cerebral palsy, or if at the moment you’re in that terrible state of doubt, waiting to find out, please call and speak to one of the firms Partners within the medical negligence team of solicitors. All cases involving allegations of cerebral palsy are dealt with at partner level. Call Access Legal from Shoosmiths to begin to have a conversation about what might be the most important claim in your child’s life.
