Resources
Start with what happened to you
Plain-language articles about injuries from medical care: what they are, when they may be negligence, and what you can do next. Choose the area closest to your experience.
Guides and series
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After a third or fourth degree tear
- “Is This Normal?” Third and Fourth Degree Tear Recovery, Week by Week
- “My Stitches Smell, Came Apart or Feel Open”: Wound Problems After a Third or Fourth Degree Tear
- “Nobody Told Me How Bad My Tear Was”: Missed, Misgraded and Unexplained Tears
- “I Can’t Make It to the Toilet in Time”: Bowel Urgency and Leaking After a Tear
- Sex After a Third or Fourth Degree Tear: When It Still Hurts, and What Helps
- “It Still Hurts to Sit Down”: Pain Months After a Third or Fourth Degree Tear
- Should I Have a Caesarean Next Time? Birth After a Third or Fourth Degree Tear
- “It’s Just Part of Having a Baby”? Could My Third or Fourth Degree Tear Have Been Prevented?
- “I Feel Broken, and No One Understands”: The Emotional Impact of a Severe Tear
- How Much Compensation Can You Get for a Third or Fourth Degree Tear?
After a traumatic birth
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Birth trauma and obstetric negligence
Injuries to mothers and babies during pregnancy, labour and birth, and the care that should have prevented them.
- “Is This Normal?” Third and Fourth Degree Tear Recovery, Week by Week
- “Why Won’t My Baby Move Their Arm?” Shoulder Dystocia, Erb’s Palsy and the Questions You’re Allowed to Ask
- “They Said It Was Just a Headache”: Missed Pre-eclampsia and the Weight of Not Being Heard
Nerve injury to the face, mouth and jaw
Numbness, pain or loss of feeling after wisdom teeth removal, jaw surgery, dental work or facial procedures.
- Nerve Damage From Wisdom Teeth Removal: When Surgical Error Causes Permanent Harm
- Lingual nerve damage after dental work: could it be medical negligence in NSW?
- Loss of sensation in lips, cheek, chin, tongue: could a delayed diagnosis trigger medical negligence in NSW?
Cosmetic and breast surgery
When a cosmetic procedure goes wrong: implant complications, infection, poor results and filler injuries.
- Can I Sue My Cosmetic Surgeon for a Botched Procedure in Australia?
- Breast implant rupture medical negligence: when a leak after surgery may mean a legal claim in NSW
- How Can I Get Compensation for a Vascular Occlusion?
Missed and delayed diagnosis
When a condition was caught too late, or not at all, and the delay changed what happened next.
- Failed diagnosis: when a missed diagnosis causes harm and may trigger a medical negligence claim in NSW
- Misdiagnosed UTI in NSW: Could a delayed diagnosis that led to kidney damage be medical negligence?
- Sepsis and leg removal – When is that medical negligence?
Spinal and neurosurgical negligence
Ongoing pain, nerve damage or loss of function after spinal surgery, and red flags that were missed.
- What to Do If You Still Have Pain After Spinal Surgery
- Delayed Diagnosis of Cauda Equina Syndrome in NSW: When Back Pain Red Flags Trigger Medical Negligence
Endometriosis and gynaecology
Years of being dismissed, delayed diagnosis, and harm during gynaecological surgery.
- Can You Sue a Doctor for Delayed Diagnosis of Endometriosis?
- Dr Simon Gordon – Endometriosis Surgery Investigation – Do I have a compensation claim?
Medication, drug and device harm
Side effects nobody warned you about, prescribing harm and product recalls.
- Semaglutide and Sudden Vision Loss: When NAION May Point to a Medical Negligence Claim
- Depo Provera Brain Tumour: When Delayed Warnings and Serious Side Effects Lead to Harm
- Medicinal Cannabis Induced Psychosis: When Prescribed Treatment Causes Psychiatric Harm
Surgical and hospital care
Errors in theatre, on the ward and in hospital systems, including coronial findings.
- Failed eye surgery: can you claim medical negligence in NSW when your vision gets worse?
- Do You Need a Lawyer for a Hypoxic Brain Injury Caused by Medical Negligence?
- Inquest into the death of Amrita Varshini Lanka – Coroners Court of Victoria finding, October 2026
Understanding a claim
Questions that come up whatever the injury.
Practitioner investigations
Suspended and reprimanded practitioners
Summaries of public register entries and tribunal decisions about doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other health practitioners, sourced to the public record.
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