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Xander Curran-Pass

Ref: 2019-0249 Date: 24 Jul 2019 Coroner: Alison Mutch Area: Manchester (South) Responses identified: 0 / 4 View PDF

Lack of national sharing for improved Induction of Labour processes, insufficient guidance on prolonged reduced fetal movement, and failure to advise a mother to return for further monitoring for ongoing concerns were identified.

Date 24 Jul 2019
56-day deadline 4 Nov 2019 est.
Responses identified 0 of 4
Child Death (from 2015) Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths

Coroner's concerns

AI summary
Lack of national sharing for improved Induction of Labour processes, insufficient guidance on prolonged reduced fetal movement, and failure to advise a mother to return for further monitoring for ongoing concerns were identified.
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1.The inquest was told that there was a growing challenge to maternity units from the rise in Induction of Labour and the pressure to ensure that timescales set out in NICE guidance were met: In this case and since the death of Xander the trust have taken steps to reconfigure their IOL process to reduce risk but no provision to share such learning nationally existed;
2.In the inquest reference was made to the guidance from the Royal College on reduced fetal movement: The guidance references individual episodes of RFM but does not give clear guidance on the approach to be taken where in effect there is one prolonged episode rather than multiple episodes of RFM;
3. Xander's mother was not told it would be advisable to retur to triage for further monitoring in light of the ongoing reduced foetal movement: The inquest was told that this would have been advisable given the prolonged nature and the fact that it was unclear when she would be offered a slot for IOL;

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Reference
2019-0249
Date of report
24 July 2019
Coroner
Alison Mutch
Coroner area
Manchester (South)

Responses identified

Responses identified 0 of 4
4 responses not yet linked

Organisations named in PFD reports are normally expected to respond within 56 days. Deadline: 4 Nov 2019 (estimated).

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Department of Health and Social Care
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Stepping Hill Hospital
the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)

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