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Wolverhampton woman 'passes out at home' after 'NHS told her a scan was unneeded'
Jodie Evans, 22, from Wolverhampton, says she was told by doctors that a scan was unneeded and that she could wait until 12.5 weeks for an appointment, despite painful bleeding. After booking a private scan that revealed her baby had died, she says the hospital promised to call but never did, and she later suffered a traumatic two-week miscarriage at home.
Jodie Evans, a 22-year-old jewellery shop worker from Wolverhampton, has described a traumatic miscarriage that she says was made worse by being repeatedly told a scan was unneeded. As reported by the Cambridge Evening News, Cheshire Live, Daily Post, Teessidelive, and Surrey Advertiser, Evans found out she was five weeks pregnant with her first child on June 10, 2026.
At the end of July, when Evans was seven weeks pregnant, she began experiencing painful bleeding and contacted her doctors. She says she was told no appointments were available until she was 12 and a half weeks along and was reassured it was okay to wait. Evans claims she was declined a scan on several occasions.
Still worried, she booked a private scan at 10 weeks. The scan revealed the baby had no heartbeat and had passed away at six weeks and six days. Evans described how her pregnancy symptoms had disappeared overnight, and when she asked her midwife for a scan, she was refused because she felt fine.
"The doctors told me a scan was unneeded. I kept getting declined so I booked a private one at 10 weeks to ease my brain," Evans said. "All my pregnancy symptoms had gone overnight when I started worrying, like my sore breasts and cravings and I asked my midwife as it said online it could be an indicator of a miscarriage but she said that, because I felt fine, she won't give me a scan."
A promise that never came
Evans and her partner, Brad Fentln, 22, paid for the private scan, which she described as "horrible." She said: "I had to pay to find this out which I think is horrible. If I had been allowed a scan before this at eight weeks it would have reduced my risk of infection."
The private doctors passed Evans's details to her local hospital, who said they would ring her within 24 hours, but Evans claims the call never came.
On August 4, Evans's pain intensified and she went to the emergency department. There, she says she was told she was having a miscarriage, that it would happen on its own, that she could not have painkillers, and that it would be like a heavy period. Two days later, she began having contractions without warning, which she said she was not warned about.
A two-week ordeal at home
Evans's miscarriage lasted two weeks, during which she fell unconscious twice. Her boyfriend called an ambulance on one occasion but was told it was not an emergency. Evans described feeling neglected and unwell, with sweating and shivering, and thinking she had an infection. She said she felt she was dying and screamed in pain.
"I was bleeding a lot and I thought I was dying," Evans told reporters.
Evans said she now feels numb and cannot trust the hospital, and she is scared to get pregnant in the future. Her local hospital was approached for comment but did not provide a response.
This account is based on reporting by the Cambridge Evening News, Cheshire Live, Daily Post, Teessidelive, and Surrey Advertiser.
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Cambridge Evening News
Framing: The headline emphasizes the woman's fainting at home and that the NHS told her a scan was unneeded, using quotes to attribute the claim. — sympathetic – The article uses direct quotes from Jodie expressing fear, pain, and feeling neglected, and includes her emotional statements.
Facts Included:
Jodie Evans, 22, from Wolverhampton, was five weeks pregnant on June 10, 2026.
At seven weeks pregnant, she experienced painful bleeding and contacted doctors.
She claims she was told no appointments until 12.5 weeks and it was okay to wait.
She booked a private scan at 10 weeks, which revealed the baby had no heartbeat and had passed at 6 weeks 6 days.
She was told a scan was unneeded and was declined several times.
Her pregnancy symptoms disappeared overnight, and her midwife refused a scan because she felt fine.
Her partner is Brad Fentln, 22.
She paid for the private scan and felt it was horrible to have to pay.
Private doctors passed details to local hospital, but the promised call never came.
On August 4, she went to the emergency department after feeling unwell and pain intensified.
Emergency department told her she was having a miscarriage, would happen on its own, no painkillers, like a heavy period.
Two days later she had contractions without warning.
She claims she was neglected and felt unwell, with sweating and shivering, thinking she had an infection.
She passed out twice during the two-week miscarriage; boyfriend called ambulance but was told not an emergency.
Framing: The headline emphasizes the woman's fainting at home and that the NHS told her a scan was unneeded, using quotes to attribute the claim. — sympathetic – The article uses direct quotes from Jodie expressing fear, pain, and feeling neglected, and includes her emotional statements.
Facts Included:
Jodie Evans, 22, from Wolverhampton, was five weeks pregnant on June 10, 2026.
At seven weeks pregnant, she experienced painful bleeding and contacted doctors.
She claims she was told no appointments until 12.5 weeks and it was okay to wait.
She booked a private scan at 10 weeks, which revealed the baby had no heartbeat and had passed at 6 weeks 6 days.
She was told a scan was unneeded and was declined several times.
Her pregnancy symptoms disappeared overnight, and her midwife refused a scan because she felt fine.
Her partner is Brad Fentln, 22.
She paid for the private scan and felt it was horrible to have to pay.
Private doctors passed details to local hospital, but the promised call never came.
On August 4, she went to the emergency department after feeling unwell and pain intensified.
Emergency department told her she was having a miscarriage, would happen on its own, no painkillers, like a heavy period.
Two days later she had contractions without warning.
She claims she was neglected and felt unwell, with sweating and shivering, thinking she had an infection.
She passed out twice during the two-week miscarriage; boyfriend called ambulance but was told not an emergency.
Framing: The headline emphasizes the woman's fainting at home and that the NHS told her a scan was unneeded, using quotes to attribute the claim. — sympathetic – The article uses direct quotes from Jodie expressing fear, pain, and feeling neglected, and includes her emotional statements.
Facts Included:
Jodie Evans, 22, from Wolverhampton, was five weeks pregnant on June 10, 2026.
At seven weeks pregnant, she experienced painful bleeding and contacted doctors.
She claims she was told no appointments until 12.5 weeks and it was okay to wait.
She booked a private scan at 10 weeks, which revealed the baby had no heartbeat and had passed at 6 weeks 6 days.
She was told a scan was unneeded and was declined several times.
Her pregnancy symptoms disappeared overnight, and her midwife refused a scan because she felt fine.
Her partner is Brad Fentln, 22.
She paid for the private scan and felt it was horrible to have to pay.
Private doctors passed details to local hospital, but the promised call never came.
On August 4, she went to the emergency department after feeling unwell and pain intensified.
Emergency department told her she was having a miscarriage, would happen on its own, no painkillers, like a heavy period.
Two days later she had contractions without warning.
She claims she was neglected and felt unwell, with sweating and shivering, thinking she had an infection.
She passed out twice during the two-week miscarriage; boyfriend called ambulance but was told not an emergency.
Framing: The headline emphasizes the woman's fainting at home and that the NHS told her a scan was unneeded, using quotes to attribute the claim. — sympathetic – The article uses direct quotes from Jodie expressing fear, pain, and feeling neglected, and includes her emotional statements.
Facts Included:
Jodie Evans, 22, from Wolverhampton, was five weeks pregnant on June 10, 2026.
At seven weeks pregnant, she experienced painful bleeding and contacted doctors.
She claims she was told no appointments until 12.5 weeks and it was okay to wait.
She booked a private scan at 10 weeks, which revealed the baby had no heartbeat and had passed at 6 weeks 6 days.
She was told a scan was unneeded and was declined several times.
Her pregnancy symptoms disappeared overnight, and her midwife refused a scan because she felt fine.
Her partner is Brad Fentln, 22.
She paid for the private scan and felt it was horrible to have to pay.
Private doctors passed details to local hospital, but the promised call never came.
On August 4, she went to the emergency department after feeling unwell and pain intensified.
Emergency department told her she was having a miscarriage, would happen on its own, no painkillers, like a heavy period.
Two days later she had contractions without warning.
She claims she was neglected and felt unwell, with sweating and shivering, thinking she had an infection.
She passed out twice during the two-week miscarriage; boyfriend called ambulance but was told not an emergency.
Framing: The headline emphasizes the woman's fainting at home and that the NHS told her a scan was unneeded, using quotes to attribute the claim. — sympathetic – The article uses direct quotes from Jodie expressing fear, pain, and feeling neglected, and includes her emotional statements.
Facts Included:
Jodie Evans, 22, from Wolverhampton, was five weeks pregnant on June 10, 2026.
At seven weeks pregnant, she experienced painful bleeding and contacted doctors.
She claims she was told no appointments until 12.5 weeks and it was okay to wait.
She booked a private scan at 10 weeks, which revealed the baby had no heartbeat and had passed at 6 weeks 6 days.
She was told a scan was unneeded and was declined several times.
Her pregnancy symptoms disappeared overnight, and her midwife refused a scan because she felt fine.
Her partner is Brad Fentln, 22.
She paid for the private scan and felt it was horrible to have to pay.
Private doctors passed details to local hospital, but the promised call never came.
On August 4, she went to the emergency department after feeling unwell and pain intensified.
Emergency department told her she was having a miscarriage, would happen on its own, no painkillers, like a heavy period.
Two days later she had contractions without warning.
She claims she was neglected and felt unwell, with sweating and shivering, thinking she had an infection.
She passed out twice during the two-week miscarriage; boyfriend called ambulance but was told not an emergency.
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ClaimJodie Evans, 22, from Wolverhampton, found out she was five weeks pregnant with her first child on June 10, 2026.
ClaimAt the end of July, when Jodie Evans was seven weeks pregnant, she experienced painful bleeding and contacted doctors, who said they had no appointments until she was 12 and a half weeks along and reassured her it was okay to wait.
ClaimAt the emergency department, Jodie Evans was told she was having a miscarriage and that it would happen on its own, that she could not have painkillers, and that it would be like a heavy period.