Claire deals with a range of medical negligence claims.

Over the years, Claire has dealt with:

• Delayed diagnosis of cancer (breast, lung, brain, colon, skin)
• Delayed diagnosis of infection (hip, skull, sepsis)
• Negligent orthopaedic surgery (knee replacement, hip replacement, cruciate ligament repair, meniscal tear repair)
• Failure to diagnose (blood clots, haematomas, epilepsy)
• Psychiatric/psychological injury (post-traumatic stress disorder as a primary victim and hyperventilation syndrome triggered by trauma)

Claire is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX). She is also a member of APIL.

APPROACH

Claire’s approach to her work is professional, friendly and patient.  She appreciates that, when people contact Switalskis, they will have experienced a difficult time in their lives and may be feeling anxious about their health or about the prospect of investigating a medical negligence claim.  Claire aims to make her clients feel supported and helps them to navigate the complexities of investigating and pursuing a medical negligence claim.

EXPERIENCE

An investigation is underway by Donna Ockenden in respect of the maternity care provided over a period of several years at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.  Claire is investigating some of the medical negligence claims in relation to this.