Beth Heath

Solicitor - Partner

SRA ID: 553455

Beth Heath was appointed head of the Clinical Negligence Team in May 2021, at the age of 32. In 2022 Beth was awarded Clinical Negligence Lawyer of the Year at the prestigious PI Awards. Beth combines a uniqueness of professionalism with compassion and empathy. Now eight years PQE, she specialises in high value, complex cases – mainly maternity claims. She is determined and passionate about obtaining life-changing results for her clients. She is praised for her wealth of experience in drafting multi-million pound Schedules of Loss and her knowledge of the figures. She is the lead solicitor in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) maternity scandal – the largest maternity scandal in NHS history. She worked closely with Donna Ockenden during her independent review and West Mercia Police. Beth leads a specialist team dealing solely with this cases. Beth has made a significant number of media appearances in relation to the scandal and the Ockenden report, and she was the only solicitor to feature on Panorama – Maternity Scandal: Fighting for Truth. She took part in multiple live TV interviews, to include: BBC, Sky, ITV and Channel 5. Beth was extensively quoted across both paper and digital media, including on the front page of The Sunday Times. She has also worked closely with the NHSR and Hill Dickinson, to develop an innovative pilot to deal with the large number of SaTH maternity claims in an efficient manner to ensure timely justice for families. She is passionate about seeing real change for the community. Beth was on the panel in the Law Society Clinical Negligence Roundtable debate, which included a prestigious panel of leaders in the field discussing issues affected the wider legal community. She has also spoken at the Westminster Health Forum about the importance of listening to families and learning from mistakes to improve maternity services. Client’s praise her caring nature, excellent judgement and tenacity during negotiations.