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JK Rowling’s midwife guilty after baby death
March 21, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under News, Pregnancy
Deborah Purdue a midwife has been found guilty of professional misconduct and been struck off the nursing register following the death of a baby. Purdue, 47, also delivered two of author JK Rowling’s children.
In July 2005 Deborah Purdue had been at a home birth near Poole in Dorset, which encountered complications.
A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel found she had not monitored the mother properly and was also given a suspension order.
A panel heard in the advanced stages of the labour, the baby was found to be in the breech position and suffering from foetal tachycardia, or increased heart rate. The baby was later taken to hospital but died.
The three-person committee ruled that Mrs Purdue, an independent midwife, failed to adequately monitor the expectant mother, known as Patient A.
She was further found guilty of failing to properly assess the progress of the labour and failing to communicate effectively.
The midwife, who arrived at the patient’s home in the early hours on 19 July, admitted not conducting a full internal examination until 0530 GMT.
She also admitted not taking steps to transfer the patient to an obstetrics unit until 0615 GMT.
In addition to the striking off order handed to Purdue, the misconduct committee imposed an 18-month interim suspension order.
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