George Bernard Shaw once said “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” Mistakes should be seen as an opportunity to improve. However according to a report obtained by the BBC, one of England’s largest mental health and learning disability providers has failed to investigate […]
Over half of all stillbirths are still unexplained and every day in the UK around three families suffer the death of their baby at term and before labour begins. Over the past 10 years there has only been a small reduction in the stillbirth rate for the UK and this remains high in comparison to […]
In a settlement approved at the High court this morning our client received a lump sum of over £4.3 million and annual payments of £210,000 per annum from age 19 for life. Women are currently routinely told that for most women, giving birth in stand alone midwifery units or at home is as safe as a […]
The Government backed organisation NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) has issued guidance that it may be safer to give birth at home or in a midwifery unit if you have a low risk pregnancy. I’m not sure you can ever say a pregnancy is low risk until the baby has been delivered. […]
Changes to the rights of people whose spouses, or civil partners, die without making a will have come into force. The changes apply in England and Wales and will effect you if you are: A married couple with no children. The surviving partner/spouse will now inherit the entire estate. Previously, the law stated that the […]
The UK has one of the worst rates of stillborn babies in the developed world. Three quarters of a million babies are born annually here. Placental failure can cause the death of 1 in 200 of those babies. For those who survive, placental failure also causes oxygen starvation, brain damage and a limited life expectancy when it […]