Three newborn babies who died at hospitals run by the same Scottish health board would have lived if “reasonable precautions” had been taken, an inquiry has found.
Leo Lamont, Ellie McCormick and Mira-Belle Bosch all died within hours of their births in two Lanarkshire hospitals during 2019 and 2021.
In each case the baby’s mother had been in contact with a hospital in the hours before giving birth, but had been advised to stay at home. A fatal accident inquiry found all three deaths could “realistically have been avoided” if the mothers had been told to come into the maternity units.
Defects with systems contributed to the deaths, including a “lack of effective means” of highlighting risks and lack of guidance on assessing symptoms of
