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compensation following an accident
illness or injury - nationwide
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In the UK, mothers have the right to choose where to have their babies and in almost every case mum and baby are fit and well after the delivery, ready to start their new lives without recourse to a birth injury lawyer.
Depending on where you live, the choices of how you can receive professional NHS services are usually at a consultant-led hospital unit, a midwife-led unit either in hospital or in the community, and home birth.
There are a few fee-charging independent birth centres around the country which offer one-to-one care throughout pregnancy, birth and post-natal.
The popular option is to give birth in hospital and, where there are no complications, midwives deliver the infants. Usually the stay is a maximum of a few days.
Hospital births are sensible for any high-risk cases where mother or child could be in danger from a gynaecological problem or a birth injury. Caesarean section operations, both planned and emergency, are carried out by specialist doctors in maternity units.
Doctors are on call for community maternity units which are staffed by midwives and provide a more low-tech service than the larger hospitals. They often offer a more relaxed approach than a large, busy hospital.
Home births, which were out of favour for a long time, are now becoming increasingly popular and, so long as your GP and midwife are happy with your state of health and there is a low risk of a birth accident, this a reasonable choice for many families.
For more information about birth choices, you can check the NHS website or consult one of these charities Birth Choice UK, Active Birth Centre or National Childbirth Trust.
Wherever you have your baby it should be in a supportive and comfortable environment, but if you feel the professional services have let you down, resulting in a personal injury to you or your child, an expert birth injury lawyer will give you understanding professional advice.
The right birth injury lawyer for you
Choosing the right birth injury lawyer with whom you may wish to pursue a birth injury compensation claim means finding someone, such as YouClaim's solicitors, who can offer expert advice, excellent representation and sympathetic support to you.
We work with a panel of no win, no fee solicitors, who are all governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, which is part of the Law Society, so you can be sure of the quality of your legal representation. All of our birth injury solicitors work on a no win, no fee basis, and you will not be pressured into proceeding with a case that we do not believe has a good chance of success.
To take the first step in making a claim, consult one of our team of helpful advisors on our free phone number 0800 10 757 95. Alternatively, complete our online claim form and we'll call you back at a time of your choice. However you reach us, one of our birth injury lawyers will be in touch with you soon.
