Birth Negligence

The failures in maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust which have been laid bare by the findings of a five-year inquiry today are simply horrifying. Significant or major concerns over the maternity care provided were found in 201 deaths – 131 stillbirths and 70 neonatal deaths and 84 brain damage cases between 2000 […]

The findings of a survey into how well-supported parents feel throughout pregnancy and birth by health professionals – commissioned by Hudgell Solicitors – will be shared with delegates at the National Maternity Safety Conference this week. We are proud to once again be the co-headline sponsor of the conference, which is organised by Baby Lifeline, […]

Hudgell Solicitors has appointed experienced registered midwife and former NHS incident investigator Theresa Greenwood to further enhance its in-house medical expertise when handling serious clinical negligence claims. Mrs Greenwood, a registered hospital and community midwife since 2009, brings not only experience of working within the health sector as a midwife but also in investigating maternal […]

As part of Hudgell Solicitors’ support of Baby Loss Awareness Week, Jo Irvin, Clinical Lead at the House of Light charity, outlines its help to bereaved parents Baby loss is obviously a very traumatic event in life which happens in lots of different ways and affects women and their families in differing ways also. At […]

By Amanda Stevens, a former hospital manager and solicitor As a former NHS manager who also worked in the community before turning to the legal profession, I am aware of the many things which can go wrong during pregnancy and the huge impact baby loss has on families. Thankfully, it is an issue which, through […]

James Titcombe OBE, an ambassador of mother and baby charity Baby Lifeline, considers the impact of Baby Loss Awareness Week, which runs from October 9-15th. As a parent who has been through the heartbreak of losing a baby boy myself, Baby Loss Awareness Week is an annual event of great significance to me personally. I […]

Hudgell Solicitors has today given its full support to a powerful campaign calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ‘save lives’ of mothers and babies by reinstating funding for a national maternity training scheme. In a campaign which is being taken direct to Downing Street, we are supporting the charity Baby Lifeline, which has today […]

Lawyers who support families of children injured at birth as a result of negligent maternity care say it is ‘incomprehensible’ that UK health trusts don’t insist on all staff being trained in caring and screening unwell newborns. It comes on the back of the first ever National Maternity Safety Conference in Birmingham, organised by mother […]

There can be few more devastating life events than a pregnancy which ends with a mother or baby suffering a life-changing injury – or worse still not returning home to their family at all after complications during labour and birth. It is a heartbreaking situation which, of course, most of us thankfully never have to […]

The loss of any loved one can be an extremely difficult period at any time, but even more so after the festive period and at the start of a new year. Losing a baby is a heart-breaking experience which is impossible to imagine, unless you’ve experienced it yourself. Sadly, 15 babies still die on average […]

I was recently privileged to attend a Birth Trauma Conference in Barnsley in which families talked openly about their experiences. I arrived not quite knowing what I would be listening to and anticipated it would be mainly doctors and nurses discussing various recent scenarios in which sub-standard care was suggested to have been provided. I […]

As we mark Baby Loss Awareness Week we are delighted to be supporting the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (Sands) as part of our ‘Life After Baby Loss’ campaign to continue to help bereaved parents and encourage improvements in the NHS. This year marks the 16th anniversary of the annual awareness week and is an […]