Second midwife charged with manslaughter after failed NSW homebirth | Health

A second midwife has been charged over the death of a newborn during a homebirth on the north coast of New South Wales.

On 2 October 2024 a privately practising midwife attended a home near Newcastle to assist a woman in labour.

Over the following two days, NSW police allege, the midwife failed to respond to complications and to the mother’s requests to attend hospital.

“The midwife did not act upon signs of complications and requests by the woman to attend hospital,” NSW police will allege in…