More than 500 babies die every year because hospitals are ignoring guidelines relating to the birth of twins and triplets.<\/p>\n
A study conducted by the charity Twins & Multiple Births Association (Tamba) reveals that \u2018multiples\u2019 make up 3% of births in the UK each year.<\/p>\n
Shockingly, they account for 7.4% of stillbirths, 18.4% of neonatal deaths and have more than six times the risk of suffering cerebral palsy.<\/p>\n
Hospitals ignoring guidelines<\/b><\/p>\n
The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidelines in 2011 in an attempt to reduce the risks associated with a multiples birth.<\/p>\n
These recommend various measures including the presence of an obstetrician during the delivery in case of an emergency.<\/p>\n
In their study, Tamba suggests that less than one in five maternity wards has implemented the guidelines.<\/p>\n
Consequently problems are arising, such as premature labour not being identified and oxygen deprivation during delivery.<\/p>\n
Hospitals putting \u201clives at risk\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
Sadly these failings are leading to unnecessary deaths or severe disability, as well as a significant number of medical negligence claims.<\/p>\n
One in 10 maternity cases handled by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) relates to a multiple birth, with \u00a393million in compensation being paid to families between 2005 and 2010.<\/p>\n
Keith Reed, chief executive of Tamba, said: \u201cToo many units are putting twins, triplets and higher multiples\u2019 lives at risk by failing to follow the latest clinical guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy embedding best practice, units can begin to reduce the number of families who suffer the terrible heartbreak of losing one or more of their babies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Can you make a claim?<\/b><\/p>\n
If poor obstetric or midwifery care has caused you or your baby harm, please get in touch with us today to discuss your options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More than 500 babies die every year because hospitals are ignoring guidelines relating to the birth of twins and triplets. A study conducted by the charity Twins & Multiple Births Association (Tamba) reveals that \u2018multiples\u2019 make up 3% of births in the UK each year. Shockingly, they account for 7.4% of stillbirths, 18.4% of neonatal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[485,482,341,483,481,480,484],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injury","tag-hospital-guidelines","tag-multiples-birth","tag-nhsla","tag-tamba","tag-triplet-birth","tag-twin-birth","tag-twins-multiple-births-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}