The mother who killed her 9 months old baby

Yet another horror story on “poor health and social care expertise”; this time from Scotland.

The mum who smothered her baby whilst suffering from postnatal depression, ‘should have got a better care package’; BBC Scotland.

Erin Sutherland, a mother of three, was said to have been failed by professionals who were in charge of her care; as was explained by Mental Health Commission for Scotland. Following this incident and investigations, it was shown by a report that the professionals failed to identify the severity of Erin’s depression, therefore it made fourteen recommendations to improve postnatal mental health care.

Having failed to safeguard the situation at the early due to issues such as; lack of communication among multi agencies and omission of early diagnosis, these professionals had failed Erin, and the children, including the dead Chloe.

Patient history is very important to health and social care, as much as communication and most especially; allocation of sufficient time to assess, monitor and communicate with patient and then to make a comprehensive note. 

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