The parents of a baby who died at Nottingham City Hospital say they have to live with the pain of “never knowing what truly happened”
because potential evidence was destroyed when staff dissected the placenta.After Quinn’s birth, Ms Studencki’s placenta was sent from the maternity unit to pathology at Nottingham City Hospital, where it was dissected – meaning it was cut up for examination.
The hospital says news of Quinn’s death was not passed on to pathology before the procedure and the dissection would not have happened if the information had arrived sooner. They said: “This raises serious concerns about the Trust’s willingness to address a matter which we were made aware in court is disturbingly not an isolated event.
The Coroner said the dissection of the placenta undermined the investigation, which will “likely lead to a lack of learning from such deaths, and therefore a risk that similar deaths will occur in the future”. “This death follows a number of similar early neonatal deaths in Nottingham, where the placenta has not been retained, and therefore key information regarding placental pathology has been lost.”
Following a series of baby deaths and injuries at the trust across the City Hospital and Queen’s Medical Centre, a large-scale review into maternity services at both hospitals started in September and has seen around 1,000 families and members of staff share their experiences.Quinn’s parents added: “We encourage as many families as possible to join us and the Ockenden review. Ensuring safe care is the only thing we can now do for Quinn.
Mr Baker represented Jack and Sarah Hawkins, whose baby Harriet died in 2016, in a civil case against NUH, and is currently representing Sarah and Gary Andrews, whose baby Wynter died in 2019.
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