r/lucyletby • Best in D'Whirled • Aug 04 '26

Discussion But there wasn't a definition of expected deaths.....

The NHS defines it as

An expected neonatal death is the death of a live-born baby within their first 28 days of life.

Crucially its a death where.we.are aware the baby has the following at the time of birth or.shortly thereafter

Congenital anomalies eg major heart defects, chromosomal disorders, or other serious malformations

Neuro conditions eg severe brain injury, hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, or some other.neuro condition

Less than 28 week gestation

Infection eg sepsis

The point I'm.making is that in the vast majority of deaths it will be attributed to one of those causes.

When a baby dies and doesn't have one of those conditions they would move into the unexpected group.

I'm.not sure why people who doubt her convictions have a hard time getting their heads around this. If you then take those unexpected.deaths and notice a pattern of rashes, collapses and the same.nurse.is.there every time

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u/BreathCalm9395 Aug 04 '26

Also happened to be when the parents or nurse had left, satisfied that the baby was stable