Kiarah Allen
21 Aug 2018 · Coroner Louise Hunt · Birmingham and Solihull
The coroner's concerns
1. insufficient nursing and clinical staff
“heard evidence in the inquest that at the time this incident occurred there were unsafe levels of nursing and clinical staff. The funding provided for nurses assumed the unit was only 85% full. Therefore when the unit was full, there was insufficient numbers of nurses and doctors. Consideration needs to be given to providing additional funding to enable the unit to be appropriately staffed for the very sick babies they care for.”