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1. What type of legal advice do you provide? As a trainee solicitor in the Medical Accident Group, I work on both clinical negligence and personal injury matters. My role is really varied and involves everything from investigating new enquiries and reviewing medical records to drafting documents and helping to progress ongoing claims.
Master R suffered a devastating brain injury during his birth after clinicians failed to perform an emergency caesarean section in time. Despite clear signs that labour was not progressing, delivery was delayed for many hours, causing him to suffer a serious brain injury as a result of a lack of oxygen.
Martha’s Rule is set to be rolled out across accident and emergency (A&E) departments and waiting rooms in England following a successful trial.
The long-awaited report of the independent review into maternity and neonatal services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has now been published.
On 30 June 2026, Baroness Amos published the final report of the independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation. Its message is blunt: too many women are still not being "listened to, heard or believed", and the system needs urgent change.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has issued a public apology after 21 patients at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport were subjected to operations and examinations using surgical instruments that had not been fully sterilised on 25 and 26 February 2026.
On 26 February 2026, Baroness Amos published her Interim Report as Chair of the independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation.
A major national review into NHS maternity and neonatal services has revealed deeply concerning failures affecting women and babies across England.
The Harrods Redress Scheme has been established to compensate survivors. At Medical Accident Group, we are here to support you through the claims process.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that a former doctor who worked within two major West Midlands hospital trusts has been charged with a series of serious sexual offences involving patients.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has ordered an independent inquiry into the maternity units at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, after reports of repeated failings and potentially avoidable deaths of babies and mothers.
