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Health & Medical Litigation
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Cooper Grace Ward supports the health industry by providing legal advice and support to hospitals, medical practitioners and industry associations within the public and private health sectors.
Our experience includes six years as a Litigation Panel firm with Queensland Health. We understand the operation and requirements of Queensland Health at hospital, district, zone and Corporate Office levels.
Our expertise includes cases involving:
- Damage resulting from inappropriate surgical and medical treatment
- Gynaecological treatment
- Infection developing after surgical or medical treatment
- Loss of consortium and servitium
- Loss of dependency claims
- Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis
- Needle-stick injuries to staff and patients
- Negligent advice or 'failure to warn'
- Obstetric treatment
- Orthopaedic treatment
- Physiotherapy treatment
- Public liability
- Pure Nervous Shock or psychiatric injury
- Inquests into deaths in hospital or of hospital patients
- Court Applications involving health service delivery
- Advice on medico-legal issues
- Applications and request for statutory access to documents.
Read more about recent successes within our Health Law Team.
Cooper Grace Ward is the principal sponsor of the Australian College of Health Service Executives (ACHSE) in Queensland. In recent years the ACHSE has grown to become Australia's largest professional body representing health management. Cooper Grace Ward has had strong ties with the ACHSE Queensland branch for more than five years. The firm has provided legal advice both to the ACHSE and its members.
Cooper Grace Ward regularly publishes alerts on a range of legal issues affecting our clients' businesses and industries.
Legal Requirements for Clinical Trials
Are you part of an overseas pharmaceutical company? Are you interested in sponsoring clinical trials in Australia? Unsure of the legal requirements? Cooper Grace Ward can assist. Please contact us or download an information sheet.
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