Mum told to book slot to give birth to dead baby after being sent home

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1. Mon, 2 November 2026

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   • dailyrecord.co.uk13:14first to report
     Mum told to book slot to give birth to dead baby after being sent home

     Danielle Brown said she was simply given a booklet with 'no compassion' after her baby died in the womb

   • The Guardian World16:36
     Newcastle hospital told woman whose unborn baby had died to go home and ‘book a slot to give birth’

     Trust admits Danielle Brown’s baby would have survived had she not been sent home from RVI days earlier A woman whose unborn baby had died was sent home from hospital with a booklet for bereaved parents and told to book a slot to give birth. Danielle Brown, 31, was seven months pregnant when she was first discharged from hospital with pre-eclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication. She returned to hospital days later, when scans revealed that her daughter, Maisie, had...