May 2026: Thirlwall Inquiry report delayed to at least September 2026 · six-baby inquests relisted to 2027 · CCRC review active · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.
Outcome: Survived with severe disabilities
Gestation: 23+6 weeks, 535 g, female
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Deliberate over-feeding causing aspiration.
Method alleged: Excessive feed volume via NG tube causing aspiration and collapse.
Prosecution experts: Dr Dewi Evans; Dr Sandie Bohin.
Panel: vomiting and clinical deterioration due to infection, possibly enterovirus. No evidence to support air injection into the stomach or overfeeding.
No fatal outcome — she recovered and was discharged home. Panel conclusion: Baby 7 had vomiting and clinical deterioration due to infection, possibly enterovirus; there is no evidence to support air injection into the stomach or overfeeding. Her CRP rose to 218 over the following days, and blood, urine, cerebrospinal-fluid and respiratory cultures were all negative — a picture the Panel says fits enterovirus. The large watery stools are not consistent with overfeeding. Critically, the abdominal X-rays showing gaseous distension of the intestines were all taken after bag-and-mask ventilation, and are consistent with air introduced by bagging in a sick infant with ileus. The blood-stained fluid in the trachea is most likely trauma from intubation.
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