The mother of a baby that died a week after a natural home birth was not made aware of the risks by her local NHS Trust, an inquest has heard.
Poppy Home Lomas was just seven days old when she died at University College Hospital, central London, on October 26, 2022.
She died following complications during a home birth, which her mother said she was encouraged to have.
A coroner concluded that Poppy likely died from a severe hypoxic ischaemic brain event, which happens when the brain lacks oxygen, suffered in the 30 minutes before her birth.
Barnet Coroner’s Court heard Gemma Lomas was
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