A coroner has slammed the care given to a mother whose week-old baby died following a catalogue of hospital blunders as nothing short of shocking .
Tiny Kaylan Coates suffered serious injuries including skull fractures during a forceps delivery and died from a hospital infection days later.
Staff at Nottingham s Queen s Medical Centre ignored pregnant Hayley Coates pleas for a Caesarean section and did not spot her baby s signs of distress, an inquest was told.
Despite being a high-risk patient, she was allocated a newly qualified midwife - and maternity ward staff failed to monitor her properly despite having time to socialise and shop online, a legal representative for Ms Coates told the inquest.
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media captionPhilippa Day: Benefits problems destroyed Nottingham mum
Authorities who dealt with a benefits claim from a single mother, who took a fatal overdose after her payments were cut, made 28 errors in managing her case, a coroner has found.
Philippa Day, 27, was found collapsed at her Nottingham home beside a letter rejecting her request for an at-home benefits assessment in August 2019.
She died after two months in a coma.
Nottingham Coroner s Court heard the way her claim was dealt with was the predominant factor in her overdose.
Recording a narrative conclusion, coroner Gordon Clow said he could not determine whether she intended to die rather than put her life at risk.
Family struggling to come to terms with death of Nan
Rona Stevenson died in August 2019 at her home in Clifton
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Rona Stevenson (right) with her granddaughter Lydia. Rona died on August 15 2019
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Benefits issues mum faced before death couldn t happen now , DWP tells inquest There are robust safeguards that are now in place
Mum Philippa Day. (Image: Imogen Day)
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The DWP has claimed that difficulties a Nottingham mum had with her benefits claim could not now happen .
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