The review in to incidence of neonatal subgaleal haemorrhage in University Hospital in 2022 has been completed and shared with the families involved. UHG has progressed the full implementation of the 8 considerations for management identified in this review. At present UHG and the Saolta hospital group have no plans to publish the review because it has been shared with all the relevant families.
The full case notes for all of the women and the infants concerned in the nine cases were made available to the team conducting the independent clinical care review in to neonatal sub galeal haemorrhage in UHG in 2022.
The independent clinical care review was commissioned and conducted in line with the HSE – Incident Management Framework guidance. Saolta Hospital Group has confirmed that open disclosure with affected families has occurred in line with the HSE Incident Management Framework. One family has requested an additional meeting, this will be arranged for late January.