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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Erik Olsson

Ambulance should have been called 90 minutes before baby delivered in ‘high-risk’ home birth, inquest hears

Poppy Hope Lomas with her parents Jason and Gemma - (Family handout)

A midwife who broke down in tears at the inquest of a baby who was delivered “blue and floppy” said an ambulance should have been called almost an hour-and-a-half before the birth.

Poppy Hope Lomas was seven days old when she died on 26 October 2022 following complications during a “high-risk” home birth that her mother said she was encouraged to have.

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