Clinical negligence
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Clinical negligence
Our expertise in defending clinical negligence claims brought against NHS bodies and private sector organisations is unrivalled. We have been on the NHS Resolution’s panels for both clinical and non-clinical litigation since it was created in 1995.
How we can advise you
We are a national practice, with health litigation undertaken from offices in London, Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester. Our client base has a national footprint which takes in, for example, Cumbria, Wales, Birmingham and Surrey.
We have genuinely unrivalled expertise, particularly our national reputation in health sector group litigation and in relation to disease work for the NHS Resolution, where we are the sole national legal advisor, undertaking all deafness, asbestos and mesothelioma claims.
Our experts will support you in:
- Clinical negligence litigation
- Claims against GPs
- Costs law
- Employers’ and public liability litigation
- Healthcare group litigation where we are instructed across the country
- Healthcare disease litigation
- Public inquiries
- Interpreting regulations and resolving disputes in pharmaceuticals, dentistry, ophthalmic and medical services
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How our team will work with you
We will fully support you in health dispute resolutions drawing on our experience as one of the UK’s leading specialist healthcare litigation legal practices. You’ll get cost-effective, responsive help and advice from expert litigators.
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Our clients
We have a large national client base:
- NHS Resolution
- NHS England
- health bodies in the independent sector
- dental healthcare organisations (both public and independent)
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Our experience
- Acted for the NHS Resolution and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust in the defence of a group action claim brought by 404 claimants, regarding surgical procedures performed by a consultant urogynaecologist.
- Represented the NHS Resolution, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust and Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust in the landmark Court of Appeal case of Reaney concerning the effect of subsequent negligence on awards of compensation.
- Acted on behalf of the NHS Resolution and the Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust in the case of Ronayne which defined the parameters for recovery of damages in clinical negligence cases brought by the family as a patient – secondary victims.
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Resources
You can see our latest news and articles relating to clinical negligence here.
Informed consent
David Locke, a Partner in Hill Dickinson’s Health Litigation team, offers a lawyers’ perspective on the ethical considerations and legal basis for obtaining informed consent to medical treatment.
In a recording of a lecture he has frequently delivered to medical practitioners, David examines the regulatory guidance and law defining the legal standards as they apply to medical treatment with a focus on the ethical principles of informed consent.
Human Factors
In this video, David Locke reviews the lessons we can learn from multi-Claimant cases and what the risk of adverse outcomes in medical literature really means.
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