Medical Negligence

Medical negligence, also known as medical malpractice, is the area of law that can provide redress and compensation if you’ve been injured as a result of medical treatment that’s fallen short of acceptable standards. Our medical negligence lawyers can help.

Experienced and recognised medical negligence lawyers

Our medical negligence lawyers have extensive experience in all types of cases involving health services, public and private hospitals, doctors, surgeons, GPs, nurses, and other health professionals.

Some common medical negligence areas include:

misdiagnosing or delays in the diagnosis of a medical condition or disease
incorrectly reporting or failing to act on test results
failing to conduct surgery, testing, or other care competently (with appropriate care and skill)
providing unsuitable or inadequate post-operative care
failing to properly inform a patient of risks that occurred during their treatment or care
providing the wrong type or dose of a drug
incorrectly prescribing or monitoring medication

Medical and legal expertise – with an extra level of care

While our expertise and unparalleled experience in regional NSW has helped build our reputation, it’s the way we do things that makes us a law firm of choice for clients and referring lawyers.

One of our core firm values is respect and we always act with empathy, honesty, transparency and candour. This adds an extra level of care to everything we do.

From the moment you contact us, you’ll see this care shine through in our people and our processes.

“It’s this extra level of care which has resulted in our success in medical negligence cases taken on.”
- CHL Medical Lawyer

How our medical negligence lawyers can help

In NSW, compensation may be available for what are known as secondary victims of those who experience medical negligence – such as close family members and/or witnesses.

Our lawyers handle medical negligence cases in all health and medical areas including:

Medical negligence claim – how to make a medical negligence claim, alternatives to making a medical negligence claim and consent to treatment
Misdiagnosis – amputation, brain injury and aneurisms, cancer misdiagnosis, cardiac care, GP negligence, emergency department failures, psychiatric and mental health misdiagnosis, and iron infusions
Surgical negligence – anaesthesia, cosmetic surgery, weight loss surgery. gynaecology, orthopaedic and trauma, post-surgical infections such as sepsis
Obstetric negligence – maternal birth trauma, cerebral palsy, genetic and antenatal testing, group B strep, shoulder dystocia, wrongful birth, stillbirth and neonatal death, maternal death
Drug & medication negligence – COVID-19 vaccine claims, dispensing errors, hormone replacement therapy and gentamicin toxicity
Residential aged care negligence– pressure sores, sepsis, and falls

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