Doctors only gave toddler a scan to 'put mum's mind at ease' - he was in emergency surgery hours later

Victoria Wall looked over at her newborn baby boy from her hospital bed, his chunky legs wriggling around in his brand new sleepsuit.

Flicking through his red book, she pulled out a piece of card shaped like a teddy bear. ’Head circumference: 38cm,’ it read, scribbled in black biro.

“Head circumference?” Victoria thought to herself. “I’d rather have known his length.”