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Midwife Who Put Baby In Cupboard Gets Three-Year Caution
Yvonne Musonda-Malata, 35, was found guilty of failing to provide appropriate clinincal care over incident
CAUTIONED: Midwife Yvonne Musonda-Malata

A TRIBUNAL has decided to hand down a three-year caution to a midwife who failed her duty of care by placing a four-day-old baby on its stomach in a stationery cupboard.

Yvonne Musonda-Malata, 35, was found guilty this week by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) over the incident that took place on April 18, 2011, at Queen’s Hospital in Romford, Essex.

The NMC tribunal ruled she had failed in her responsibility to provide appropriate clinical care.

Another midwife – Christine Onade – charged with the same offence was cleared by the panel.

During the hearing, the tribunal heard how a nursery nurse found the baby alone on its stomach in the stationery cupboard.

Musonda-Malata, who denied the charge, was said to have put the baby there in order for it not to disturb its mother, who needed uninterrupted sleep because of a medical condition.

The disciplinary panel ruled the midwife’s ability to practise was impaired as it delivered the reprimand.

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