Medical Negligence Solicitors in Coventry, Warwickshire and across the UK

Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims

Our medical negligence lawyers act throughout England and Wales for clients with cancer misdiagnosis claims, whose doctors failed to diagnose the disease properly or there was a delay in the diagnosis.

A failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis of cancer robs you of your ability to fight the disease in its earliest stages when it is most responsive to treatment. This can make a significant difference in the patient’s outcome.

Some forms of cancer can spread to other areas of the body, including vital organs and the brain. After cancer has spread, the patient’s chance of survival is unfortunately worse. Advanced cases of metastatic cancer can be inoperable.

If your doctor failed to diagnose cancer or misdiagnosed it as another condition, our medical negligence solicitors will pursue financial compensation for your losses. We have decades of experience acting on behalf of patients with many different types of cancer, helping them successfully pursue negligence claims such as:

• Breast cancer claims

• Cervical cancer claims

• Bowel cancer claims

• Stomach cancer claims

• Lung cancer claims (and mesothelioma cancer claims)

Our solicitors will listen carefully to what has happened. If we believe you have a valid cancer negligence claim, we will obtain your medical records and instruct one or more medical experts in the appropriate field of medicine to review them. For example, if your general practitioner misdiagnosed your cancer, we will have another GP review your records looking for evidence of cancer diagnosis negligence. Then we may ask an oncologist to assess whether a correct and timely diagnosis of cancer would have made a difference in the patient’s outcome.

In addition to acting for patients, we also act on behalf of the family members of patients who have died due to cancer negligence.

Our medical negligence solicitors are highly experienced in this specialist field and manage complex issues for our clients with the utmost compassion, care and understanding.

If you have suffered because of negligence and would like to discuss cancer misdiagnosis or related negligence claims, please get in touch to find out how we can help.

Vascular and Cardiac Claims

Our Medical Negligence solicitors have the specialist knowledge to help you with a wide range of
claims relating to the heart, veins and arteries. Our expertise covers:

Arterial and venous disease including:

● Loss of limbs
● Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) – Occurs when a blood clot forms in one/more of deep veins,
most commonly in a patient's legs.
● Pulmonary Embolism (PE) – PE is a life-threatening condition that occurs when a blood clot
blocks an artery in the lungs.
● Compartment Syndrome – Occurs when the pressure within muscle compartments increases,
restricting blood flow and damaging nearby muscles and nerves.
● Diabetic complications – These complications include Hypoglycaemia, Diabetic foot infection,
cardiovascular disease and eye damage.

Coronary heart disease and cardiac surgery including:

● Angiogram and angioplasty – These are procedures that can help diagnose and treat
problems in someone’s arteries.
● Heart bypasses – A major surgery to help improve blood flow to the heart.
● Heart transplants
● Valve surgery – Surgery that involves change
● Ischaemic heart disease – A condition that occurs when the blood supply is reduced or
blocked.

Our solicitors will listen carefully to what has happened. If we believe you have a valid medical
negligence claim, we will obtain your medical records and instruct one or more medical experts in the
appropriate field of medicine to review them.

In addition to acting for patients, we also act on behalf of the family members of patients who have
died due to medical negligence from vascular and cardiac issues.

Our medical negligence solicitors are highly experienced in this specialist field and manage complex
issues for our clients with the utmost compassion, care and understanding.
If you believe you have been let down due to vascular or cardiac medical negligence in the UK, then
please get in touch with our solicitors to see how we can help you.

Eye Injury Claims

Eye injuries, also known as Ophthalmologic injuries, can be very frightening to deal with and loss of sight is one of the most overwhelming conditions a person can suffer.

If conditions related to the eye are misdiagnosed, or not treated quickly or properly, they may lead to more severe conditions.

How we can help with Loss of Sight and Eye Injury Claims

If you have suffered an eye injury or visual impairment due to medical negligence, our lawyers have the specialist skills and knowledge to help.  We are highly experienced in a wide range of eye injury claims whether caused by misdiagnosis, delay or failure in diagnosis, mismanagement, errors in surgery or another medical procedure.

Common problems which may give rise to claims include:

• Late diagnosis of glaucoma

• Damage to the retina or late diagnosis of detached retinas

• Errors with cataract surgery or misdiagnosis of cataracts

• Misdiagnosis of macular degeneration

• Undetected tumours or misdiagnosed tumours

• Blindness as a result of misdiagnosis

• Eye injury from laser surgery including unnecessary scarring, long term visual disturbances and loss of vision.

Our eye injury solicitors work only on medical negligence cases and are specialists in this field.  If you have been affected by a preventable medical mistake, such as loss of sight, please get in touch to see if you are entitled to compensation.

Fatal Medical Negligence Cases and Inquests

We can help close relatives and those who were dependent on the deceased to receive compensation for their losses when medical professionals have made mistakes that resulted in a fatal outcome.

A grieving family member will need questions answering about the medical negligence that was involved in the death of their loved one. Our specialist medical negligence lawyers can help you determine whether your relative’s death was unavoidable or a tragedy that could have — and should have — been prevented.

The medical negligence lawyers at Brindley Twist Tafft James are experienced in helping families sort out the issues that led to the deaths of their loved ones. If you suspect that medical negligence caused or contributed to the death of a loved one, please contact us to discuss your case.

If an inquest determines that there is evidence of medical negligence, we will seek compensation from the responsible party, often the hospital trust.

The biggest element of any fatal claim is dependency. Children, spouses, partners, parents and even careers who were dependent on the deceased may be eligible for compensation for the losses in regard to the services the deceased provided.

If you or your family have suffered because of fatal negligence and would like to discuss how we can help you then please get in touch.

Brain and Spinal Injuries Medical Negligence

Neurology is the field of medicine dedicated to the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and nerves. When neurologists or other doctors improperly diagnose or treat neurological conditions, the results can be catastrophic and can include injuries to the brain, spinal cord or nerves. This can result in paralysis, spinal cord injury, brain injury, nerve damage and other neurological problems – patients can become permanently paralysed or mentally impaired.

If you were injured, or if a member of your family died because of neurological damage caused by medical negligence, our brain injury solicitors and spinal injury solicitors have the legal and medical knowledge required to successfully resolve these complex cases.

We pursue financial compensation for clients whose nervous systems were harmed by medical negligence and some of our cases have included:

• Brain injury due to lack of oxygen to the brain

• Airway obstruction that causes brain damage

• Spinal Injury – where surgeries go wrong and result in spinal cord injury

• Failure to diagnose a spinal fracture that causes neurological damage

• Failure to diagnose a brain or spinal cord tumour

• Cauda equina syndrome — nerve damage caused by a prolapsed disk in the lower back that can cause loss of bladder and bowel function

• Failure to perform or properly read X-rays, CT scans or MRI scans

• Failure to diagnose a subarachnoid haemorrhage (intracranial bleeding from a brain aneurysm)

• Stroke

Many of our cases have involved failure to diagnose a neurological condition or an unreasonably delayed diagnosis.  For example, a person who visits the A&E department three days in a row complaining of a severe headache and is told he or she has a migraine and is sent away. Later, a subarachnoid haemorrhage results in the person’s death.

We understand how upsetting it is to talk about what has happened and how devastating the consequences of clinical negligence are.  Our team are all legal professionals and medical negligence specialists who are very experienced at handling these types of cases.  All information and advice is treated totally confidentially and with full compassion and care.

If you have suffered because of negligence and would like to discuss brain injury compensation or spinal injury compensation, please get in touch to find out how we can help.

Gynaecological Medical Negligence Solicitors

Gynaecology is the medical practice that deals with the female reproductive system and Obstetrics is the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth.

A medical error in this area, that could have been prevented, can have devastating consequences on a woman’s life and her loved ones.

At Brindley Twist Tafft and James our medical negligence solicitors can help with a wide range of obstetric and gynaecological negligence claims where patients have been affected and suffered injuries that could have been prevented had the medical care been appropriate.

We understand how difficult it is when obstetric or gynaecology treatment goes wrong and we know you may find it very hard to talk about.  Our specialists are very experienced at dealing with cases of a sensitive nature – we have a long history of dealing with these types of claims and you will find that we will always help put you at ease and treat you with sensitivity and respect.

Examples of gynaecology and obstetrics claims include:

• Eclampsia and preeclampsia

• Failure to perform a timely caesarean section or surgical mistakes during caesarean

• Failure to diagnose cervical or ovarian cancer

• Complications from hysterectomy operation including organ damage

• Failed sterilisations and terminations

• Mismanagement of pregnancy

• Urinary or bowel damage or damages to other organs

• Errors with laparoscopic surgery (keyhole surgery)

• Retention of swabs or instrumentation during surgery and subsequent injury 

If you have suffered from gynaecological negligence that could have been avoided then please get in touch with our team of solicitors to find out how we can help.  

Birth Injury Medical Negligence Claims

A birth injury is an injury to a foetus or baby that happened during pregnancy, labour, delivery or the postpartum period. Birth injuries can be preventable and can be caused by medical negligence (unlike birth defects).

Raising a child with a birth injury can be physically, emotionally and financially overwhelming.

At Brindley Twist Tafft & James, our medical negligence solicitors act for families with children who suffered a birth injury due to the negligence of a doctor, midwife or other medical professional.  No amount of money can compensate for your losses.  We will however help you claim for the damages that you and your child have suffered  and seek a full financial settlement as this can help ease the financial burden of raising a child with a birth injury.

Our specialist team of solicitors are highly experienced and successful in medical compensation claims involving birth injuries.  Many of our cases involve:

• Cerebral palsy

• Erb’s palsy

• Bell’s palsy

• Shoulder dystocia

• Still birth

• Birth trauma

• Poor delivery technique

• Ventouse or forceps injuries

• Negligent management of high-risk births

• Failure to perform a timely Caesarean section

We understand how distressing it may be and we always handle all cases with the utmost understanding, sensitivity and compassion.

If you have been affected by a birth injury then please get in touch with our team to find out how we can help you.

Orthopaedic Injury & Amputation Medical Negligence

If you have suffered a serious orthopaedic injury or an amputation because of a medical accident or a preventable medical error, you may be thinking about making an orthopaedic injury claim.

At BTTJ, our highly experienced medical negligence lawyers are able to pursue financial compensation for clients who have sustained a serious injury caused by medical negligence in the diagnosis and treatment of orthopaedic injuries in cases such as:

• Failed knee and hip replacement surgeries

• Failure to diagnose and treat broken bones

• Failure to diagnose and treat infections that can lead to amputation

• Nerve damage

• Damage to circulation

• Failure to order or properly read X-rays or diagnostic scans

• Surgical errors

• Post-operative errors
  

We represent clients who have suffered fractures, broken bones, torn tendons or ligaments, and other injuries to the bones and surrounding tissue. We also act for clients who have injuries to all parts of the body, including the head, neck, shoulders, arms, wrists, hands, ribs, pelvis, hips, legs, knees, ankles and feet.

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If you have been caused harm because of an unnecessary delay in diagnosis or if something has gone wrong with a procedure and want to know more about making an orthopaedic negligence claim, please give us a call.

Medical negligence claims can be highly complex and at BTTJ our team of specialists have the knowledge, experience and compassion required to assess your specific case and advise you of your options. We’ll be able to tell you if you  have a medical negligence claim and if a medical professional or health care provider made mistakes that caused your amputation or orthopaedic injury, we will pursue fair and full compensation for your losses.

Please get in touch to find out how our medical negligence claim solicitors can help.  All information and advice is treated totally confidentially and with the utmost sensitivity.

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