Midwives struck off after delaying assessment of pregnant woman leading to infant death

Midwives struck off after delaying assessment of pregnant woman leading to infant death

Two midwives have been struck off after they delayed the assessment of a pregnant woman, leading to the death of her infant.The pregnant woman, suffering from vaginal bleeding at the time, was made to wait almost 40 minutes to be assessed when she arrived at King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield.The hospital also failed to respond to requests for help from the patient's family, a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel found.The woman, wh…