Baby Pippa would have lived if bug was spotted
PIPPA GRIFFITHS was born at home in Shropshire on April 26 2016, but died just one day later from an infection contracted during birth.
Kayleigh and Colin Griffiths had concerns about their daughter’s feeding and called midwives from the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, but were reassured by staff.
Mrs Griffiths said she called again at 2.55am the next day and said she saw brown mucus. However, midwife Claire Roberts told an inquest that she had no recollection of brown mucus being mentioned.
Later that morning, Pippa developed a purple rash and then she stopped breathing. She died from a Group B Streptococcus infection.
The inquest heard Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust accepted that if it had been spotted earlier, it is probable the baby would have
‘We’ve fought for her, and fought for the truth, and ultimately she could have been saved’
survived. Following the verdict, Mrs Griffiths said: “We’ve fought for her, and fought for the truth, and ultimately she could have been saved.”
The trust was put into special measures and rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission in 2018.
In December last year, there were two serious incidents recorded surrounding maternity services by the trust’s board.
According to The Shropshire Star, one related to the monitoring of a mother after a caesarean section, and the other was recorded because a mother was not properly checked after an ultrasound scan.