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Coroner Blames Trust for Unsafe Home Birth, Baby Dies

4/24/2026

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A coroner concluded Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust supported an unsafe home delivery contrary to medical advice and recommended clear consent forms and multidisciplinary meetings.
Seven-day-old Poppy Hope Lomas died at University College Hospital after a home birth with Edgware Midwives.
Midwife Sasha Field testified an ambulance should have been called as the baby’s heart rate slowed.
The coroner said emergency services were not summoned despite recorded decelerations.

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A coroner concluded Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust supported an unsafe home delivery contrary to medical advice and recommended clear consent forms and multidisciplinary meetings.
Seven-day-old Poppy Hope Lomas died at University College Hospital after a home birth with Edgware Midwives.
Midwife Sasha Field testified an ambulance should have been called as the baby’s heart rate slowed.
The coroner said emergency services were not summoned despite recorded decelerations.