A hospital trust has apologised for the standard of care it provided regarding the death of a baby born at Queen's Hospital.
Ada Rose, formerly Ada Golden, was born to parents Brooke Golden and Connor Rose on October 13, 2024, via an emergency caesarean section.
Her delivery was a difficult and complicated one, in which Ada's inquest heard doctors first attempted an assisted instrumental birth using forceps and a ventouse (suction) cup.
During this initial mode of delivery Ada was "pulled" three times using forceps, East London Coroner's Court was told, with the third pull carried out by Dr Ebrahim Foroghi despite an earlier conclusion by Dr Irene Njoku that it would not be possible to deliver the baby using the equipment.
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Area coroner Nadia Persaud found that this third pull, which resulted in no descent of the baby but an increase in heart rate, was "not in accordance with the applicable guidance".
She said "the use of the instruments and excess traction contributed to Ada's death", which occurred weeks later at Homerton Hospital.
Ada had suffered "catastrophic" injuries during the birth at Queen's.
Ms Persaud described the seven-week-old infant's death as "preventable", and criticised the communication between staff at the theatre, along with the extent of detail shared with Brooke about her possible delivery modes and the risks associated with each.
The court heard how during Brooke's delivery she had been presented with a prewritten consent form to sign when she was "exhausted" and did not have time to read the document, which contained some detail of risks linked to certain delivery modes.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) has apologised and admitted the standard of care at Queen's Hospital did not meet the standard.
Nic Kane, chief nurse, said: “I would like to offer my condolences to Ada’s parents and apologise for the fact the care we provided was not up to the standard it should have been.
“When a baby dies, we are determined to learn from what went wrong and make changes."
Ms Persaud confirmed she heard evidence from the hospital trust of organisational changes made in the wake of Ada's death.
A spokesperson for BHRUT said: “A second midwife is now present at all births requiring additional support; ultrasound scanners are available in our theatres during assisted deliveries; and our training for maternity staff is more robust.
“We’ve also improved the way we update families to ensure they are better informed and we discuss assisted vaginal births during antenatal classes.”
The trust is one of fourteen NHS trusts set to be probed in relation to its maternity services, against a backdrop of a major increase in maternity 'red flag' alerts at the hospital.
Since the national investigation, led by Baroness Valerie Amos, was announced in September 2025, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has improved its rating of maternity services at Queen's Hospital.
Inspectors previously advised that maternity services required improvement following an assessment in October 2024, but have most recently amended this to a 'good' rating.
Queen's Hospital was revisited in August 2025, with inspectors placing specific focus on the 'safe' and 'well led' assessment domains.
CQC maintains that 'safety' of the services continues to require improvement.
