Health

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.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 2, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC

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 died.

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