Poppy Russell's parents Neil and Kathryn told how the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH) had tried to blame them for what had happened.
Poppy Russell died 12 hours after being born at Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. 'Unforgiveable' NHS trust tried to blame parents Neil and Kathryn for her deathA newborn baby died at an NHS trust responsible for one of Britain's biggest maternity scandals because of a 'gross failure' to monitor her heart, a coroner has found.
Poppy died just under 12 hours after she was born in April 2021 as a result of perinatal asphyxiation - a lack of blood flow or gas exchange to the baby before, during, or after birth.Parents Neil and Kathryn Russell told how the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust had tried to blame them for their daughter Poppy's death
Mr Ellery said effective monitoring of Poppy's foetal heart rate was not taken – and dismissed claims by hospital staff that Mrs Russell had failed to consent to having her baby's heart monitored. The investigator's final report, published in April last year, found 201 babies and nine mothers could have survived if they received better care between 1973 and 2020 - with a failure to monitor hearts properly a key factor in many losses.
Mr and Mrs Russell, from Shrewsbury, called on Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, to make maternity care an NHS priority. 'We will not stop until those individuals and those at the highest level are held to account for their hideous and systemic failures and continued strategy of covering up neonatal death.'
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