Midwives ‘failed to notice infection’ in baby boy

A baby boy who died of an infection nine days after being born at a ‘seriously dysfunctional’ maternity unit could have been saved if staff had acted earlier intervention, a tribunal heard today. Midwives Lindsey Biggs and Holly Parkinson allegedly contributed to the death of Joshua Titcombe when they failed to notice he had a treatable infection at Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Joshua died from a lung haemorrhage nine days after being born at FGH, the Nursing…