 | Baby brain injuries |
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| Posted By : Bill On 14/02/2018 11:00:00 | |
| I read today that compensation claims for new-born babies suffering brain injury or cerebral palsy have gone up by 23% in the year 2016/7. I realise that this is a different statistic from the actual number of babies born in that year with brain damage or cerebral palsy, but one possibility is that the actual number of severely injured babies has risen significantly. If that is so, it may reflect poor standards of care, rather than the NHS’s usual explanation of rapacious lawyers. Interestingly, a report published last year by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists concluded that most baby brain injuries in labour are avoidable. So, if the number of brain injuries at birth has risen, the Royal College conclusion suggests that care standards have dropped. | |
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