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Coroner Calls for Regulation After Infant's Death Linked to Unqualified Maternity Nurse
Senior coroner Alison Mutch calls for maternity services regulation after a four-month-old was put to sleep on his front by an unqualified caregiver, risking infant safety.
- On Monday, Senior Coroner Alison Mutch urged government ministers to regulate 'unmonitored maternity services' following the death of four-month-old Madison Bruce Smith, who died in a 'prone and unsafe' sleeping position.
- Madison was found unresponsive at his Bowdon home on October 18, 2024, after his parents, Matt Smith and Amy, employed Eva Clements, who described herself as a 'maternity nurse' despite having no formal medical training.
- The couple believed Clements was 'trained, competent and operating within a regulated system' through Ruth Asare's Ruthie Maternity Services, but later discovered the industry lacks any compulsory standards, safeguards, or professional oversight.
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