Britain's worst midwife: She drops a baby on its head and nearly electrocutes mother in birthing pool by plugging monitor into the mains

A midwife dropped a baby on its head and nearly electrocuted a woman who was giving birth, in a series of terrifying blunders.

Diana Warwick, 56, faces being struck off or suspended after she was found guilty of 30 allegations of misconduct.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council heard Warwick, of Whitehaven, Cumbria, had been pushing a baby along in a cot when it fell out, landing face down.

She also risked electrocuting a woman in a birthing pool by using equipment to monitor the baby’s heartbeat that was plugged in at the mains socket.

On another occasion she sprayed a bed-bound patient’s deodorant on to her armpits and polished her shoes with body wipes.            Full Read