Research
Researching parent views of clinical negligence
Is your child disabled through a clinical error?
Have you pursued a claim for damages for you child who has been injured at or around the time of birth? If so are you interested in talking to a researcher about your experiences?
My name is Dawn Benson and I am a researcher/lecturer at Northumbria University. I am currently working on a doctoral study about the views of parents of children who have been injured through clinical negligence. Specifically I am interested in individual stories of the process and issues around pursuing a claim against maternity services. I also am a parent who has been a litigation friend for one of my children.
There is much information about clinical negligence but none of it is about the experience from the perspective of parents. I am doing this research to make it possible for professionals and other parents or litigation friends to have access to information about what parents think, not what professionals think parents think about clinical negligence litigation.
If you are interested please e-mail me at dawn.benson@northumbria.ac.uk or telephone 01912156096/ 0780425070, alternatively you can write to me at Northumbria University, Coach Lane Campus, Room C010, Coach Lane West, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7XA.
Please note: the above research is being undertaken independently of AvMA. This means that AvMA has no direct involvement in the conduct or supervision of the research. If you are interested in participating in the research, you should make direct contact with Dawn Benson, the researcher. [If you would like to discuss the above, please contact Liz Thomas at AvMA email: policy@avma.org.uk or via AvMA’s helpline 0845-123 2352.]
