About
Helen Thompson is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Medical Negligence department in England who acts solely for claimants in cases against NHS hospital trusts, GPs, private doctors and hospitals. She specialises in maternity and birth-related injuries, orthopaedic, vascular and surgical complications, regularly represents families at inquests, and is a member of the AvMA Clinical Negligence Panel and of APIL.
Practice areas
Medical NegligenceInquests
Office
Expertise
Maternity and birth injuries (cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, obstetric tears, stillbirth, early neonatal death, wrongful birth)Orthopaedic cases (mismanaged Lisfranc injuries, knee replacement issues, postoperative infection, amputation)Vascular cases (limb ischaemia, mismanagement of diabetic foot ulcers)Surgical complications (volvulus, diverticulitis, bowel perforation)Sepsis and septicaemiaAortic dissectionRepresentation at inquests following fatal injuries after treatment