Midwives to learn misconduct fate after failings in care before newborn's death
A panel is to decide whether the actions of two midwives found responsible for a catalogue of failings in the care of a baby who died, amounted to misconduct.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is considering the case of two midwives, Claire Roberts and Joanna Young, over their actions in the care of Pippa Griffiths.
Pippa, from Myddle, near Shrewsbury, died at just one-day-old on April 27, 2016, from a Group B strep infection – the most common cause of meningitis in newborns.
Last year an NMC panel concluded that Roberts and Young had failed in their care for the newborn – with one deemed to have tried to cover up by recording inaccurate records.
The NMC has now opened a hearing to decide whether either midwives' conduct amount to misconduct and if their fitness practise is impaired.
If they conclude they are then the panel would move to deciding on potential sanctions – ranging from a caution order to a striking-off order.
A solicitor representing the NMC said that she believed neither "could safely return to practice without restriction".
Young has given statements and taken part in the disciplinary process but the panel was told Roberts has "chosen not to engage".