Maternity negligence claims that cause injury to newborn babies or mothers have cost the NHS more than £3billion in the past 10 years. The report by the NHS Litigation Authority also highlighted that junior doctors and inexperienced midwives are often involved claims against the NHS which relate to maternity negligence. There were 542 cerebral palsy… Read More
The maternity negligence scandal at Croydon University Hospital is to be laid bare in Court after a mother bled to death following an elective Caesarean section. The inquest into Mrs Rosida Etwaree’s death is expected to expose medical mistakes that led to her death whilst in the care of the Croydon hospital for a period… Read More
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has published a report todays urging the closure of small maternity units and give thousands of doctors new training to make childbirth safer. The report goes on to say that the NHS maternity system is unsustainable, and too often provides poor care at night as it is… Read More
Scientists have said that women who have had an abortion are more likely to have a premature birth from subsequent pregnancy than first time mum who had not previously had an abortion. But, the risk is less than women who have previously experienced a miscarriage. The findings are a result of the largest population study… Read More
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) says that 1 in 10 women whose babies are born by Caesarean section suffer from an infection after the operation. This rate is higher than comparable operations. The researchers responded to the findings by stressing that women need to be informed about the risk of infection when considering having an… Read More
An independent review into the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) reveals ‘failings at every level’ which means that the patients are being let down. The UK’s 670,000 nurses and midwives must register with the NMC to enable them to work, yet the troubled regulator is failing its primary objective which is to protect patients. The… Read More
In the first operation of its kind, surgeons in America have performed a tumour operation in the mother’s womb to remove a tumour from the baby’s mouth. Following a routine scan at 17 weeks, it was discovered that there was a rapidly growing tumour at the baby’s mouth, shown as a giant bubble on the… Read More
The case of a mother of three, who died from complications arising from a Caesarean section carried out 10 years ago, has been described as ‘heartbreaking’ by a coroner. Alison Parkinson of Waterlooville, Hampshire died of pneumonia in February last year. Six days previous to her death she had been admitted to hospital for a… Read More
