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Child health
The area of medicine concerned with child health is known as paediatrics. Paediatrics is similar in some respects to adult medicine, in that many of the subspecialities are the same, such as paediatric cardiology (the heart and blood vessels), paediatric gastroenterology (the gut), paediatric surgery, etc.
However, paediatrics can also be very different from adult medicine because children can have illnesses that are not necessarily found in adults, including congenital and inherited diseases, infectious childhood diseases, etc. There can also be complex issues involving consent and legal responsibility that may not arise in adult medicine. Consequently, clinical negligence cases involving children can be diverse and complex. Probably the most common clinical negligence cases involving children are claims involving neurological injury causing cerebral palsy.
News
Royal Free Hospital recalls patients due to erroneous cystic fibrosis testing-
Leigh Day client receives false 'all clear' after being tested for cystic fibrosis
Healthcare Commission report shows children are being failed by the NHS-
Children are being failed by the NHS
Hip screening plan ‘failing’-
Many UK primary care trusts are not screening newborns for hip problems
Compensation for lost fingers-
The clinical negligence department at law firm Leigh Day& Co has settled a case on bahalf of a baby who lost the fingers and part of his thumb of his right hand after negligent medical treatment.
Child left with severe hearing problems after undiagnosed tuberculosis-
A young girl with a rare form of TB that left her with chronic ear infections and ultimately deafness has received sizeable damages after her GP failed to advise her to have a BCG vaccination and to diagnose the problem. She and was represented by clinical negligence solicitor Henry Dyson.
