Notes: County Durham. Baby found to have dislocation of all joints at birth. Poor feeder. Still dischrged. Misdiagnosed and later returned to hospital. 22 fractures and bleeding behind the eyes. While in hospital under Full Care Order and never alone with parents, 16 more fractures occured. Hypofosphetasia - brittle bone disorder in the family, yet parents still accused of SBS and baby was taken into care. 15 months later mother got baby back. She later had another child with a milder form of the brittle bone disorder. Both her children were taken into care. (see Records left on file and Legacy of child protection procedures)

Age of mother	30
Racial origin	caucasian
Employment	housewife
Age of father	26
Racial origin	caucasian
Employment	unemployed
Parents/carer accused of	parents and m.g.parents
Threat of arrest or arrested	arrested
Any charges brought	no
Charges dropped	no
Child on police protection register	no
Child on at risk register	no
Child taken into care	voluntary care m.g.parents
Time spent in care	6 months
Child still in care	yes
Age of child at that time	4 weeks
Sex of child	male
Marital status of parents/carer	married
Age of child now	2.5 years
Initial diagnosis	coelic
Was diagnosis changed	yes
Outcome	shaken baby syndrome
Type of injury	no brain bleed
Retinal Haemorrhaging	yes
Other injuries	fractures
Skeletal survey	not clear
Operation to drain blood/fluid	no
Birth details	ceasar - baby's face cut
Intensive or special care	no
Brain scan taken in special care	no
Baby's health before collapse	poor
Baby's health on day of collapse	poor
Vaccination at time of collapse	no
Seizure or stopped breathing	no
No. of different medical opinions	3
Full or interim care order	full