Paediatric medico-legal reports
Paediatric Sepsis and Failure to Recognise Deterioration
These claims turn on whether a child’s deterioration was recognised and acted on in time. We provide paediatric expert reports on sepsis and the failure to recognise a deteriorating child, addressing the standard of care, causation and outcome. You see the expert’s CV before you instruct. The report is written to the expert’s CPR Part 35 duty to the court. We act for instructing solicitors on either side.
Overview
What sepsis means in a claim
Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming response to infection. In children it can progress quickly, and many claims turn on whether the warning signs of deterioration were recognised and escalated.
Why it matters legally
Recognition, escalation and treatment under scrutiny
These are clinical negligence claims examining the recognition, escalation and treatment of a deteriorating child, and sometimes inquests.
Reports we produce
The reports a sepsis claim relies on
Experts who assess it
The specialists on a sepsis claim
Consultant paediatricians address recognition and escalation; a neonatologist addresses neonatal sepsis; a paediatric neurologist and a child psychologist address any neurological or cognitive sequelae.
Case-type context
Where these claims sit
These claims sit in clinical negligence proceedings, and sometimes alongside an inquest into how the illness came about.
FAQ
Sepsis claims: common questions
Yes, on whether the signs were recognised and escalated in time, and the effect of any delay.
Yes, this is a core theme in paediatric negligence, and our consultants report on it independently.
Yes, a neonatologist addresses infection in the newborn period.
Yes. Where the parties agree, our experts can act as a single joint expert; otherwise as a party-appointed expert. Either way, the duty is to the court.
Within 48 hours of your enquiry, with the CV sent for review before you instruct.
Instructing on a paediatric sepsis claim?
Send your case details and we will allocate a paediatric expert within 48 hours, with a same-working-day quotation and the CV before you instruct.