ABSTRACT
This subject was dealt with in detail in Gaughan v Bedfordshire HA (1997) 8 Med LR 182, pp 182-90). This related to a delivery in February 1991. It was held that the plaintiff’s claim succeeded, because:
The alternative methods that, it was considered, should have been used were suprapubic pressure or rotation of the shoulders. It was also held that the McRoberts’ position did not become widely known in the UK until about 1992.
