A young couple could not wait to welcome their new baby to the world after an uneventful pregnancy. Parents-to-be, Amy and Jamie Harrison, however never got the chance to bring their daugher, Harper, home.
For the little girl was stillborn after a series of failings by The Royal Oldham Hospital staff. Now the hospital trust has admitted that had "appropriate monitoring been carried out" the findings would have led to earlier delivery, "with Harper being born alive".
Staff had failed to look after the mum who was days overdue and she told the Manchester Evening News that she was left alone in a hospital side room "all night" without being checked by a doctor or midwife after being induced. Amy’s baby’s lack of movements went undetected and she died - but could have been saved.
