Mum, 30, dies two days after miscarriage when doctors 'didn't class her as emergency'

An NHS trust has admitted a breach of duty and several other failings in care in the case of a young mum who died of sepsis two days after suffering a miscarriage.

Lorette Divers, 30, went to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield in November 2020 suffering from stomach pain and a high temperature. She had suffered a miscarriage at 12 weeks gestation just two days prior.

Lorette was transferred to a gynaecology ward where a midwife considered she could have sepsis and needed to be seen by a doctor but she was never assessed, the Mirror reported. She had a procedure to remove foetal material but had to be resuscitated after she was found unresponsive afterwards, and was taken for emergency surgery.

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But the mum-of-two suffered a cardiac arrest and died just after 6pm on November 20, 2020 - just nine hours after being admitted.

It is believed that as a result of miscarrying, she developed an infection which led to sepsis. The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has admitted a breach of duty and several failings in her care, including a failure to administer intravenous antibiotics and arrange a blood test.

Lorette’s mother Maxine said she remained concerned as to whether the hospital had learned from her death, citing the Care Quality Commission’s rating of the hospital as ‘requires improvement’.

Maxine also paid tribute to her daughter, describing her as a "wonderful mum" who was so proud of her two children. She told the Mirror: “Lorette was a truly wonderful mum and daughter whose death has left a huge void in all our lives. We were all overjoyed and excited when she told us she was expecting again.

“It