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Two couples have told the BBC they went through with abortions after an NHS trust mistakenly told them their unborn babies had serious genetic conditions. They say errors by doctors at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust led to them terminating their pregnancies. Another family say a last-minute scan on the day they were due to have an abortion changed their minds and they are now the parents of a healthy nine-year-old boy.
The trust, which is currently at the centre of the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS, said its foetal medicine teams strived to provide “compassionate and professional” care.
“Our daughter should be here,” says Carly Wesson, who terminated her pregnancy at 14 weeks. “It’s the most impossible choice we’ve ever had to make. We thought the best option was to end the pregnancy because the baby was suffering.”
In one case, a post-mortem was carried out, and the baby was found not to have the condition. The trust, they say, has never provided them with an explanation for the wrong diagnosis.
An investigation into the maternity care provided by the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is currently under way. The treatment that hundreds of families received at the trust’s two hospitals – the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital – is being examined by senior midwife Donna Ockenden, who led the review into the maternity care scandal in Shrewsbury and Telford. A separate police investigation is also under way.
A third family have told the BBC they almost had a termination after they were told by the trust’s foetal care team that their unborn baby likely had a life-limiting genetic condition. They wish to remain anonymous as they have not told their son, who was born with no health issues, how close they came to ending the pregnancy.
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