NHS Maternity Failures: Baby Seren's Legacy Demands Change
When Amie Evans and Lewis Landells lost their baby Seren to stillbirth last autumn, they became yet another casualty of an NHS maternity system that appears to have lost its grip on basic clinical common sense. Despite repeatedly raising the alarm over reduced foetal movements, they were turned away. It was only on their fourth visit, after Seren's due date had passed, that staff finally acted. By then, it was too late. Now, as two damning national reports expose the institutional rot at the heart of Britain's maternity care, Evans is fighting to ensure her daughter's legacy forces the establishment to change.
What happened to baby Seren and her family?
Amie Evans, a teaching assistant from Forest Hall, and her partner Lewis Landells suffered an unimaginable tragedy last autumn. Their daughter, Seren, was stillborn. The tragedy was not an unavoidable act of fate; it was the direct result of a system that refused to listen. Evans and Landells presented themselves to hospital staff three times before Seren's due date, deeply concerned about reduced movements. Each time, their fears were dismissed. It was only on the fourth visit, after the due date had passed, that the gravity of the situation was acknowledged. By then, Seren had died.
Rather than simply naming and shaming the specific hospital trust responsible for this catastrophic failure, Evans has chosen a more constructive, distinctly British path. She has taken her fight to the highest levels of regional healthcare, demanding that Seren's story becomes a mandatory lesson for clinicians. Her message to other mothers is a stark warning about the state of modern healthcare: