Inquiry recommends changes to procedures after warning signs of difficult births were not acted on by hospital staff in all three cases

A Scottish judge has ruled that the deaths of three babies during childbirth could “realistically” have been avoided if maternity staff had been correctly trained.

Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar KC said hospitals across Scotland should introduce a “trigger list” of early labour warning signs that would immediately lead to women being called in for hospital assessment.

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