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Better NHS care might have saved 58 babies, BBC finds

At least 58 babies at Oxford University Hospitals NHS maternity unit might have survived with better care between 2019 and 2024, including 32 stillbirths and 26 neonatal deaths.

Medicine

Mother 'absolutely shocked' to find daughter had meningitis

A 21-year-old woman was hospitalized with meningitis after collapsing at home; her flatmate's quick action and antibiotic treatment helped save her life.

Mental health

Sent 90 miles after giving birth while 'soaked in urine'

A new mother with postpartum psychosis was forced to travel 90 miles for emergency care due to insufficient specialist mother and baby units, highlighting critical gaps in mental health service accessibility across the UK.

fromwww.standard.co.uk

Premature baby dies after doctor gives severe overdose of wrong drug in shocking incident at London hospital

The failure to prescribe the medication correctly was a failure in basic care and this was compounded by the failure to recognise the hypocalcaemia and the mis-prescribing across multiple shifts and clinical disciplines. There were thus multiple missed opportunities to recognise the prescribing error and overdose and its effects in a timely fashion that may have improved the outcome for Sidra and prevented her death.

Medicine

UK news

Newborn baby dies after mum not woken for heart rate check

Hospital failure to perform required observations and delayed emergency Caesarean led to newborn Sonny Taylor suffering severe brain injury and dying three days later.

fromTODAY.com

She Was Told Her Tiny Baby Wouldn't Survive. But This Mom Believed: 'That's Not Going to Be Our Story'

"It sounds probably cuckoo, but I just I knew that she was going to be OK," Plemmons tells TODAY.com. "As I would leave these appointments, I was being told, 'We'll probably lose a heartbeat before you're back at the next appointment,'" she shares. "I just kept telling my husband, 'I don't accept that. That's not going to be our story.'" Prayer gave the young mom a sense of peace,

Women

Healthcare

fromABC7 New York

NICU baby treated by same neonatal doctor as her mom goes home after 9 months

A premature baby weighing just over a pound was discharged after 285 days in NICU care, treated by the same doctor who saved her mother's life 31 years earlier.

Parenting

fromBuzzFeed

These Are The 25 Newborn Essentials That Are Actually Essential

Practical shopping recommendations for newborn essentials—strollers, bouncers, bottles, and a reliable highchair—rooted in experience raising two young children.

Sepsis mistakes killed our daughter - we fear it could happen again

When she was 16, Bethan James told her YouTube channel that by 2026 she hoped to have a partner, an enjoyable job and maybe even children. Bethan would have been 27 now - but her dreams were taken when she died aged 21 from a combination of sepsis, pneumonia and Crohn's disease. Bethan's sepsis wasn't spotted early enough and life-saving care was delayed.

Public health

Healthcare

fromwww.standard.co.uk

Midwife struck off for secretly inhaling gas and air while working at London hospitals

A London midwife was struck off for inhaling Entonox on duty, undermining public trust and judged unfit to remain on the medical register.

fromTODAY.com

Hospital Shares Photo of Record-Setting Big Baby

A 13-pound baby boy born at Cayuga Medical Center set a hospital record as the largest baby ever delivered there, while another 4-pound baby was born the same day, demonstrating the wide range of healthy birth sizes.

Medicine

fromNews Center

Evaluating Treatment of Heart Defects in Preterm Infants - News Center

Early pharmacologic closure of patent ductus arteriosus in extremely preterm infants did not improve survival compared with expectant management.

Medicine

fromwww.theguardian.com

Campaign urges NHS to improve diagnosis of potentially life-threatening childbirth condition

Undiagnosed placenta accreta spectrum risks catastrophic maternal haemorrhage or emergency hysterectomy; increased specialist detection and diagnosis are urgently needed as C‑section and IVF rates rise.

fromwww.independent.co.uk

Coroner issues warning over unregulated' doulas after death of baby

A coroner warns that unregulated birthing assistants may delay hospital transfers, increasing risk of neonatal death and urging DHSC and NICE to issue guidance.

fromAxios

More pregnant Americans are skipping prenatal care, CDC finds

First-trimester prenatal care in the U.S. declined to 75.5% in 2024, with late or no care increasing to 7.3% nationally, affecting all age groups and most racial and ethnic populations.

fromNature