A hospital has apologised and agreed a lifetime settlement after 38 issues were found in the care of a baby born with brain damage. Lucas Whitehouse, now eight, suffers from cerebral palsy and development delay after being deprived of oxygen for nine minutes at North Middlesex University Hospital.
But months before then, mistakes were being made when his mum Rebecca, 42, was told he was no longer in the breech position but was denied a scan. And even at the birth when the recommendation was a caesarean as he was in a breech position, a consultant went against hospital policy and delivered Lucas naturally, when the catastrophic injuries occurred.
Following the case, Rebecca and Lucas's dad Dan, 41 have called for lessons too be learned. Lucas is non-verbal and communicates using signs and a communication device. He has cognitive problems and becomes frustrated when he can’t communicate quickly.
