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BBC News
6 hours ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Road works paused after four-hour queues at Broomfield Hospital
Hospital road works have been paused and rescheduled after motorists described being stuck in "horrendous" traffic for up to four Approach, the entrance and exit to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, was partially closed on Monday, making it a one-way entrance while exiting traffic was diverted down Court Hayden, 62, sat in traffic with his mother-in-law for more than four hours and said "we had the engine turned off for an hour and a half, it was just stationary". A spokesperson for Essex Highways said: "The developer and Essex Highways will work closely to ensure any future works have minimal impact on traffic going in and out of Broomfield Hospital." Mr Hayden, who works in IT for emergency road transport systems, said he has experience with traffic management and attempted to contact the construction firm carrying out the works. "The other annoying thing is the housing developer who is responsible for it all, come 16:00 BST they're all shut up and gone home.""There were even ambulances stuck in the traffic... I think at one point there were three ambulances trying to get out of hospital that were just stuck in traffic [and couldn't] go anywhere." Mr Hayden explained that the cars leaving the hospital were having to join queues with all the cars coming in."Everyone was complaining and moaning, but people were in quite good spirits," he said. Mr Hayden told BBC Essex that his mother-in-law was OK after the experience. "I think she was there to get home and get a cup of tea."The BBC has contacted contractors CGS Construction and Broomfield Hospital for comment. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Sun
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Docs said I'd have a ‘big baby' but didn't prepared me for a toddler born two weeks EARLY – he's already in 9-12 months
A MUM left doctors shocked and confused after delivering a giant baby that was almost as big as her toddler. Toni Lincoln, 33, delivered son Brayden by C-section at Broomfield Hospital on January 14, nearly two weeks before her due date. 7 7 The new born, Toni's second child, was so large that doctors said he was the biggest baby ever delivered at the hospital, and the largest one the surgeon had ever seen. Brayden, now six months old, is already in nine to 12-month-old clothing, soon to go into 12-18, and weighs 7.6kg. She said the size difference between him and her first-born, Ellah, nearly three, who weighed 8lbs 8oz, is "crazy" - as the pair are two-and-a-half years apart but almost the same size. Mum-of-two Toni, a cleaner, from Braintree, Essex, who weighed 7lbs 11oz herself as a new born, said: "We made history. "We didn't know he was going to be that big, it was such a shock." Doctors had estimated Brayden would weigh between 8lbs and 9lbs - so Toni and partner Alex, a factory worker, were stunned when he came out at almost 13lbs. She said: "When they gave him to me I was like 'I don't know if it's all the drugs I'm on or if I'm seeing things or is he huge?'. "The doctors were like 'yeah, he's a little bit bigger than we anticipated. Maybe a lot bigger, maybe 12lbs 9oz,' and I said 'sorry? What did you say?'. "I couldn't believe it." Poppy Delevingne posts funny video of her growing baby bump Although the couple had no idea just how big Brayden would be, Toni said she "knew something wasn't quite right." She said: "I couldn't walk at the end of my pregnancy, I couldn't get out of bed and now I know why. "I was carrying around an extra five stone. He was nearly a stone himself and then obviously the placenta and the fluid. "I dropped 30 kilos when he came out. "I felt like a different person." The couple had to buy all new clothes and nappies after Brayden arrived, and gave away everything they'd prepared - as he was so big he completely skipped new born sizing. Toni said: "We had to go out and buy all new clothes for him, nappies, we had nothing. He was literally a new born in 0-3 months clothes. "My partner had to run out to Primark. He went straight into size one nappies and then into two a couple of days later. "I gave all the clothes from friends and family to the hospital for other patients. "I thought I was prepared. We bought 0-1 month and thought we don't need 0-3 but little did I know." Toni was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, but doctors were confused as to the cause of his size. She said: "They said it could be gestational diabetes but my sugars were actually better this time. "My sugars were awful last time with my daughter and she was normal size." Doctors believe Brayden would have grown to 14lbs if he had gone full-term. He had to be pulled out by his hips and was born with talipes, where one foot was bent inward, a result of his position in the womb. "They said if I had a natural birth he would have died because he was upside down," Toni said. Brayden was taken straight to neonatal intensive care, where he spent a week on oxygen due to low blood sugar. Brayden was so big he couldn't be seen clearly on a 36-week scan, and Toni said "every consultant from Broomfield" was in the delivery room for the six-and-a-half hour C-section. "I had to have a very unusual scar," she said. "I've got a vertical scar instead of a horizontal one again, because of my problems last time. It all went a bit wrong so they wanted to be prepared. "The surgeon said it was the biggest scar they had ever done. It comes all the way up to the top of my stomach. It's massive - 32 centimetres." Toni says Brayden is now known as "the big baby" by hospital staff. She said: "The surgeon said he was the biggest baby she has ever delivered herself in 20 years. And the consultant was like 'he just walked out'." Even family didn't believe it at first. Toni said: "When I told my family how big he was they were like 'don't be silly'. "I rang my mum, Sally, 59 and said 'I've got something to tell you'. I showed her and she said 'oh my god!'. "People keep joking he's going to college soon. "When him and my toddler lie down together, they look the same age. "You wouldn't think they were two years and four months apart." Meanwhile, she's not the fist mum shocked by her baby's unusual weight. The mum revealed that her seven-month-old baby son is already half her size. Elsewhere, a woman claims her baby is only four months old, but he's 'giant'. 7 7 7 7 7
BBC News
07-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Netflix features Essex Hospitals in new medical series
Hospital staff across a county will feature in a new medical TV series by Netflix, an NHS trust has announced. The six-part series, called Critical: Between Life and Death, documents patients and the decision-making of the trauma teams at Broomfield Hospital and Southend University Hospital in staff will feature in two episodes of the series, which is due to be released on 23 July. Matthew Hopkins, the chief executive of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, said: "Programmes like this give a real insight into some of the truly amazing work our staff at the trust do day-in and day-out for our patients." The episodes show staff from Broomfield Hospital work to reattach a finger of a young patient by using state-of-the-art procedures and Hopkins continued: "It's fantastic to see them at the centre of two episodes of such a powerful and exciting series that will see NHS staff showcase their caring skills and dedication to saving lives to a global audience." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Mum-of-five 'begged for help' before hospital death
A care worker "begged and pleaded" for help before dying shortly after childbirth, her mother said. Laura-Jane Seaman, 36, told staff she could feel bleeding after delivering her fifth child at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, in December 2022. Her mum, Sarah Shead, supports a national inquiry, and said of her daughter: "She told them she was dying and no-one took her seriously until it was too late and the damage was done." Broomfield's, chief executive, Matthew Hopkins said care was an "absolute priority" after Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced a national inquiry into maternity services. The final list of trusts involved was not revealed in Monday's announcement. However, the BBC was told bosses at the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) would meet with government officials as part of the investigation. A coroner in Auguest 2024 ruled multiple failures by staff amounted to "neglect" and led to Ms Seaman's death two days after giving birth at the MSE-run hospital. The mother-of-five, from Witham, Essex had repeatedly warned of feeling dizzy and numb, alongside an internal "gushing". "She begged for her life, she begged me for her life and I thought they were doing everything they could do," Ms Shead told the BBC. "I will forever live with the fact that I didn't shout and scream and say 'What are you doing?', because they appeared to be doing everything. "But what we were seeing was not what was actually happening." Ms Seaman had been known to MSE officials to be at high risk of heavy bleeding post-birth. She was able to breastfeed her newborn before her condition deteriorated, later suffering a significant peritoneal haemorrhage that proved fatal. "I'm the mother that lost a daughter who was fit, well and had a 99.9% of surviving had they realised her spleen had ruptured earlier," Ms Shead added. She said the national inquiry, due to begin this summer and report back by December, was overdue. "I think this is the only way for the health service to learn where it needs to improve," Ms Shead explained. "There are too many deaths, too many losses. My hope is this happens quickly." Maternity care at Broomfield Hospital was rated "inadequate" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in January. Mr Hopkins said he was overseeing an action plan to improve the safety of its care. "The care and safety of families using our maternity and neonatal services is an absolute priority," he continued. "We will support any work to tackle health inequalities and improve maternity services for families across the country." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. National inquiry announced after maternity failings Mum dies after hospital's 'basic failures' - report Mother died after neglect by hospital - coroner Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
BBC News
25-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Witham mum-of-five 'begged' for help before Essex hospital death
A care worker "begged and pleaded" for help before dying shortly after childbirth, her mother Seaman, 36, told staff she could feel bleeding after delivering her fifth child at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, in December mum, Sarah Shead, supports a national inquiry, and said of her daughter: "She told them she was dying and no-one took her seriously until it was too late and the damage was done."Broomfield's, chief executive, Matthew Hopkins said care was an "absolute priority" after Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced a national inquiry into maternity services. The final list of trusts involved was not revealed in Monday's the BBC was told bosses at the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) would meet with government officials as part of the investigation. A coroner in Auguest 2024 ruled multiple failures by staff amounted to "neglect" and led to Ms Seaman's death two days after giving birth at the MSE-run mother-of-five, from Witham, Essex had repeatedly warned of feeling dizzy and numb, alongside an internal "gushing"."She begged for her life, she begged me for her life and I thought they were doing everything they could do," Ms Shead told the BBC. "I will forever live with the fact that I didn't shout and scream and say 'What are you doing?', because they appeared to be doing everything."But what we were seeing was not what was actually happening." 'Too many deaths' Ms Seaman had been known to MSE officials to be at high risk of heavy bleeding was able to breastfeed her newborn before her condition deteriorated, later suffering a significant peritoneal haemorrhage that proved fatal."I'm the mother that lost a daughter who was fit, well and had a 99.9% of surviving had they realised her spleen had ruptured earlier," Ms Shead added. She said the national inquiry, due to begin this summer and report back by December, was overdue."I think this is the only way for the health service to learn where it needs to improve," Ms Shead explained."There are too many deaths, too many losses. My hope is this happens quickly."Maternity care at Broomfield Hospital was rated "inadequate" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in Hopkins said he was overseeing an action plan to improve the safety of its care."The care and safety of families using our maternity and neonatal services is an absolute priority," he continued."We will support any work to tackle health inequalities and improve maternity services for families across the country." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
