Welsh Baby With Von Willebrand Disease
Reference: GZ9H-RPL4-MA8P-EJRD
- Outcome
- Returned After Court Action
- Outcome detail
- Returned after six months
- Jurisdiction
- Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
- Year
- 2024
- Account type
- Court Or Official Findings
Quick summary
- Quick summary
- A baby was wrongly removed for six months over a single bruise after a GP's child protection medical skipped tests; he had a bleeding disorder.
Full story
- Full story
- A Cardiff baby was taken from his parents several months after birth when a 2.5cm bruise was found on his torso. A GP doing the child protection medical at the University Hospital of Wales concluded it was 'highly concerning for non-accidental injury', but did not do the blood tests recommended by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Five months later the judge ordered them; they showed mild von Willebrand disease, which makes bruising easier, and he was returned. The parents received an apology.
Where
- Hospital
- University Hospital of Wales
- Agency
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- City
- Cardiff
- State
- Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- First Nations
- Not Stated
The removal
- When the baby was taken
- First Year
- Where the baby was taken from
- Not Stated
- Stated reasons
- Unexplained Injury Alleged
- How it was done
- Order Later Found Wrong Or Invalid
Support after
- Grief counselling offered
- Not Stated
Getting baby back
- Steps taken
- Court Hearings
- Did she get her baby back
- Yes
- Time apart
- 6 months
- Where the baby is now
- Returned To Both Parents
Official response
- Official response
- The parents received an apology, but Cardiff and Vale University Health Board would not confirm future medicals will follow the guidelines.
- Legal action
- Court Ruled For Family