University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, which is being legally represented during the inquest along with the midwives and the Care Quality Commission, later admitted there had been "care delivery issues" during Ida's birth.
The inquest, due to last 17 days, was ordered by Lancashire's Senior Coroner Dr James Adeley after he was contacted by medical negligence solicitors representing Ida's parents after they spent years fighting for answers about their daughter's birth.
An inquest into Ida's death heard that Sarah, who already had a little boy, Ethan, was 40 weeks pregnant when Ida was born and her pregnancy had been "normal and with no concerns".
After Ida was born, she was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit at the Royal Preston Hospital while Sarah was taken into theatre to remove the placenta.
Mr Kemp said he had “blown the whistle” at the Care Quality Commission over claims that an inspection report into maternity services at the Royal Lancaster and Barrow’s Furness General Hospital in December 2019 was “watered down”.
