Leo Deady
19 Dec 2013 · Coroner Phillip Barlow · London (Inner South)
A similar concern from this report was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. missed breech presentation
“there is a small but significant rate of breech presentation nationally and that a significant proportion of breech presentations go undiagnosed. The percentage of undiagnosed breech presentations may be as high as 25%. The risks of vaginal breech delivery are very high.”
Linked reports
Identical hazardConfidence 0.92 · high
This report
“there is a small but significant rate of breech presentation nationally and that a significant proportion of breech presentations go undiagnosed.”
Later report
“pre delivery scans are not routinely carried out to try and reduce the number of undetected breeches and midwives/doctors rely on external examination.”