// BBC UK NEWS — CRONACA
'I was blamed for my baby's death now NHS needs to change'
Neil and Katie Russell are working with the hospital where their daughter died
When Poppy Russell died shortly after birth, her parents were left bereft.
What followed made matters harder to bear - her mother was blamed for the death.
An inquest would later conclude that Poppy's death was preventable.
But instead of walking away from the trust that had failed them, Neil and Katie Russell are now working with it to bring compassionate care back into the NHS.
"We could have very easily been consumed by hate and anger and rage at what happened – and those feelings are still there," said Katie.
"But if no change comes from what happened to Poppy, then what's the point?"
Poppy Russell died in April 2021 at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.
During her pregnancy her mother told midwives that she had tokophobia, a fear of natural birth and wanted a caesarean section.
Katie said she was repeatedly told however that she "couldn't just ask for a c-section."