In a field of medicine dominated by happy outcomes, unexplained deaths do occur. As delegates gather in Cork for the International Stillbirth Alliance conference, Dr Keelin O’Donoghue says research is key to mitigating risk.

Consultant obstetrician/gynaecologist Keelin O’Donoghue did not anticipate that in 2017, despite years of personal engagement on the issue, Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) would still not be able to provide access to fetal anomaly ultrasound scans for all pregnant women

Dr Keelin O’Donoghue of CUMH has serious concerns about the failure to routinely offer a fetal anomaly scan to all women attending for antenatal care, writes Catherine Shanahan