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Care Quality Commission downgrades St George’s maternity service to inadequate
Posted: 20/09/2023
Last month, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated maternity care at St George’s Hospital in south west London as ‘inadequate’ following its inspection in March. The report raised numerous concerns about patient safety including insufficient staffing levels, failures to properly risk assess, lack of monitoring for delayed inductions......>>
The lessons to be learned across the NHS following the Lucy Letby verdict
Posted: 13/09/2023
Senior Court of Appeal judge Lady Justice Thirlwall has been appointed to lead the public inquiry into the murder of seven babies and attempted murder of at least six others by neonatal nurse Lucy Letby. Importantly, the inquiry will look at how the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust handled the case and its response to doctors......>>
Large for gestational age: what expectant mothers should know
Posted: 01/06/2023
There is no set definition for babies that are ‘large for gestational age’ (LGA), but the term is normally used to refer to babies that are over the 90th percentile. This means that the baby weighs more than 90% of babies at the same gestational age in the population. Approximately 5% to 8% of babies born in the UK are identified as LGA......>>
Black Baby Loss Awareness Week 2023: highlighting disparities in maternity services
Posted: 19/05/2023
This week (15-19 May 2023) is Black Baby Loss Awareness Week (BBLAW), which highlights the tragedy of baby loss and, in particular, the disproportionately high levels of black baby loss and neonatal deaths in the UK. When having a baby, all women, regardless of ethnicity, should be entitled to receive safe healthcare. However, reports......>>
East Kent NHS trust baby deaths: "It is too late to pretend that this is just another one-off, isolated failure", says author of report
Posted: 25/10/2022
Maternity care has tragically been found wanting at yet another NHS trust, with catastrophic failings already having been identified at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust earlier this year, as addressed in Donna Ockenden’s report. Dr Bill Kirkup was engaged by NHS England and NHS Improvement to undertake an independent review......>>
What happens after a clinical negligence claim settles – a young mother’s story
Posted: 24/10/2022
Often, the media focuses on the financial worth of clinical negligence claims. Although this is important, we should not forget that there is someone at the centre of each claim that is investigated, and a personal story behind the figures. This article focuses on Emily, a former client of Penningtons Manches Cooper......>>
Are babies' deaths being incorrectly recorded?
Posted: 24/10/2022
A recent Telegraph investigation has found that babies' deaths in NHS hospitals are not being recorded properly. The investigation, reported on 16 October 2022, found several examples of babies who were born alive but, after they later died, were recorded as stillborn by the hospitals......>>
Damages awarded to mother following multiple failings at Hinchingbrooke Hospital which led to baby’s avoidable death
Posted: 20/09/2022
Penningtons Manches Cooper’s clinical negligence team has settled a claim against North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust for failure to diagnose and treat severe anaemia, leading to the avoidable death of the claimant’s baby daughter. Early on in the claimant’s pregnancy, it was identified that there was a high risk of haemolytic disease......>>
When things go wrong during childbirth - the impact of perinatal injury, stillbirth and neonatal loss on fathers
Posted: 21/04/2022
The recent and sad loss of the twin son of Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, during birth has brought into sharp focus the impact of losing a child, or witnessing injury to a child, during childbirth or the neonatal period. This is an event which is devastating for all involved and can cause lasting psychological effects......>>
NHS removes limits on caesarean births in light of patient safety concerns
Posted: 24/02/2022
The BBC has reported that the NHS will no longer use caesarean section rates as a means of measuring performance. Maternity wards are being advised to treat cases on an individual basis, rather than having to meet targets for caesarean births. A caesarean section birth is when the baby is delivered through abdominal surgery......>>

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