Blackpool Victoria Hospital staff failed to properly examine heavily pregnant woman before giving her drug

Giving the heavily pregnant mother the drug was proved to be negligent - but it was deemed insufficient to prove a connection between the negligience and complications suffered during birth

First published on 15 August 2024

Medics at Blackpool Victoria Hospital failed to properly examine a heavily pregnant woman before inappropriately giving her a drug to help with contractions, a court has been told.

The blunder, which has been admitted by bosses at the Whinney Heys Road hospital, is feared to have sparked complications for the mother-to-be…