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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

‘Systemic failures’ in death of day-old baby at Welsh maternity unit

Jessica and Rikki Webb, the parents of baby Nelly, who died at the Royal Glamorgan hospital in south Wales.
Rikki and Jessica Webb, the parents of baby Nelly, who died at the Royal Glamorgan hospital in south Wales. Photograph: Family handout

A day-old girl died after “systemic” failings at a troubled maternity unit and would probably have survived had her mother been moved 12 miles to a specialist centre, a coroner has concluded.

There was a series of mistakes in the care of Nelly Webb and missed opportunities to save her after her premature birth at the Royal Glamorgan hospital in south Wales, an inquest in Pontypridd heard.

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