birth injury
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Baby Loss Awareness Week is held annually from 9 to 15 October. It’s a special opportunity to mark the lives of babies lost in pregnancy, at birth or soon after...
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Finn Kennedy was born at the Oasis Birth Centre, in the Princess Royal University Hospital on 23 June 2021. He sadly died on 1 July 2021 at eight days old....
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Hydrocephalus is the build-up of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in areas called ventricles situated deep within the brain. CSF has three important functions: it protects the brain from damage it removes...
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Over the last month, UK maternity services have barely been out of the news. A brief review of the BBC website shows ongoing investigations into baby deaths in Lanarkshire, Swansea...
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Ben Ward, a partner in Ashtons’ medical negligence team, has obtained full admissions of liability from an NHS Trust that a young woman, Ms A, suffered cerebral palsy as a...
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Jasper James Brooks died on 15 April 2021 at the age of 23 hours. An inquest has found that Jasper died as a result of gross failures by treating staff...
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Three maternity services run by the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust require immediate improvement following a recent report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out as part of their...
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A loss of dreams, of hope and a sense of bereavement often follows a miscarriage, but the most common response when a miscarriage happens is, ‘Why?’. ‘Why me?’, Why us?’,...
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In 2016, Harriet Hawkins died as a consequence of negligence by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. Her parents Dr Jack Hawkins and Sarah Hawkins, who were both employees of the...
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An Inquest was heard into the death of a young mother, which could have been avoided, but for the loss of a doctor’s advice against natural childbirth. The Winchester Coroner’s...
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A substantial settlement has been approved in the High Court in relation to a brain injury a young man suffered as a result of his mother’s inadequate antenatal care over...
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Medical Negligence specialist, Amanda Cavanagh, has obtained a five-figure settlement for Ms B, a mother whose baby was stillborn as a result of numerous failures during her pregnancy. She was...
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