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February 2012
Panel hears of blunder leading to new mother feeding somebody else’s baby
A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel has heard details of an incident in which two babies had been switched in a hospital with one of the baby’s having been breast fed by the “wrong” mother, while a midwife had been trying to persuade a student to keep quiet about the mistake.
The incident occurred at Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire in November 2007 and the panel heard that both babies were taken away while their mothers rested. However, staff later delivered the wrong babies to the respective mothers.
Family anger following preventable baby death
A grieving family have had a medical negligence claim against an NHS trust settled following the death of their baby which, they insist, would have been avoided had he been born during the day rather than at night.
Sarah Wallace, from Scarborough, said that she had been told by staff on duty at Scarborough District Hospital that there were staff shortages at the time her baby Harry was born. He was delivered eight weeks early, by emergency Caesarean section, in September 2009 but was immediately transferred to the special care baby unit and died the following morning from breathing difficulties.
Lansley left isolated after backers switch sides
The health secretary Andrew Lansley has become more isolated on NHS reform following criticism by two leading doctors who had previously been prominent backers of the government’s plans.
Dr Charles Alessi and Dr Michael Dixon, influential figures in the NHS Alliance and the National Association of Primary Care have been notable for their support for the controversial reforms during the last 18 months, but are now claiming that, rather than liberating doctors, Lansley’s proposals will “suffocate” them.
