TYPES OF CLAIM

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

·        Death or injury to baby/fetus by failure to diagnose or manage antenatal problems such
       as maternal diabetes, antibody formation, intra-uterine infection, intra-uterine growth
       retardation, pre-eclampsia, twins, abnormal and/or unstable presentations, fetal
       abnormality (including genetic testing), fetal head-pelvic disproportion, breech position,
       risk of placental abruption, placenta praevia, premature labour

·        Death or injury to baby/fetus by failure to diagnose or manage problems during labour
       such as malpresentation of the fetus, disproportion and shoulder dystocia, umbilical
       cord complications, ruptured placenta, abnormal changes in the fetal heart rate,
       ruptured uterus

·        Injury to mother by failure to diagnose and adequately repair tear and manage pre-
       eclampsia

·        Failure of sterilisation

·        Perforation of uterus following introduction of intra-uterine contraceptive devices

·        Failure to interpret or act appropriately upon cervical cytology

·        Damage to posterior abdominal wall, gastro-intestinal tract, bladder and/or ureters
       during surgery

·        Inadvertent sterilisation by introduction of infection

·        Failure to remove swabs and other artefacts

·        Delay in the diagnosis of pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy and genital cancer


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