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Steve Bruce's Baby Grandson Died After 'Unsafe Sleeping Position'
Coroner highlights risks in unregulated maternity nurse sector and urges government action after infant's death linked to unsafe sleep practices by unqualified caregiver.
- 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.
- While police investigated Clements, the Crown Prosecution Service determined the 'criminal threshold' was not met because placing a child on their front is not illegal; Mutch called the term 'maternity nurse' 'incredibly misleading.'
- Madison's parents warned that 'without regulation, this will happen again,' urging authorities to prevent other families from trusting individuals without qualifications to safely care for newborn infants.
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