‘Guernsey Way’ midwives to hear fates this week

  Three midwives accused of blunders in the deaths of two babies on a scandal-hit maternity ward are expected to hear their fates later this week. The death of one child in Guernsey might have been prevented if another fatality two years before had been properly investigated, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has heard. But midwives on the Loveridge Ward at Princess Elizabeth Hospital (PEH) followed a culture described as ‘The Guernsey Way’. They would administer drugs without speaking to…