THE grieving family of a mother to be who died from the same rare condition as her mum and aunt are today being offered the support of a Hampshire MP.

Fareham Tory MP Mark Hoban told the Daily Echo he was willing to help the family of Kelly Hutchings to make sure the same fate does not befall anyone else.

He said: "We must make sure every possible lesson is learned from this sad case and I think the family need to have confidence that any inquiry held by the hospital is open and transparent. I am happy to work with them and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust to make sure this is the case.

"I want to know everything that needs to be investigated is. It needs to be a full inquiry for the trust to be able to gain the confidence of the public as well as the family."

Kelly, of Fareham, died of cerebral venous thrombosis during childbirth like aunt Sue Hickmott and mother Shirley who both also died aged 22.

This made Kelly a known high-risk patient with a family history of brain haemorrhage. Consequently at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Ports-mouth, she was given an appointment to see consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Marwan Salloum.

But one midwife, without having access to the paperwork of Kelly's family history, decided to re-route her to midwife-led care. This meant the vital appointment with specialist Mr Salloum never took place.

Concluding the inquest into the young mum's death yesterday, Southampton coroner Keith Wiseman said: "That was clearly a defining point on the road to disaster."

In November 2005 Kelly complained of headaches and dizziness to her GP Peter Smith. Some ten days later she was dead.

Her father Les said: "I silently prayed that surely lightning could not strike us a third time. Kelly screamed and kept saying. 'I want my baby. I want my baby.' Somehow she knew she wasn't going to make it and she wanted the best for her child.

"She was petrified and crying. She was terrified because it was her first baby and of what had happened to her mum and aunt."

After being moved to Southampton General Hospital, Kelly had a seizure. She was put on a ventilator before being taken into the operating theatre where Nikita was delivered by Caesarean section.

Dad-of-six, Les, a mechanical engineer by trade, said: "I saw Kelly, then went outside and collapsed. I knew she had already gone because I had seen it before. If you have been there before you instinctively know.

"I was distraught. That night I told them to turn off the life support machine because I knew there was nothing more they could do for her. I had lost my girl.

"Kelly was special, my first child, my first daughter. I will never recover. How could I?"

Kelly's fiance, Lee Blyth had barely come to terms with his partner's death in intensive care when he had to run across the street to the maternity unit where his 3lb 6oz baby girl was fighting for her life.

He said: "I was crying as I ran. Nikita was in an incubator and on oxygen. I was begging her to do it for mummy. I was desperately trying to face up to the fact I'd lost Kelly. The only way to carry on was to focus on Nikita's survival.

"I know Kelly would have made a fantastic mum - if she'd had the chance."

Nikita, now two, suffers from cerebral palsy, brain damage and blindness.

An independent review by obstetrics expert, Professor Michael de Swiet, found it "incredible" and "unbelievable" that Kelly could have gone all the way through her pregnancy without any specialist involvement in her care until she became unwell.

Summing up the three-day inquest into Kelly's death, Mr Wiseman, said: "Kelly was effectively in the care of the trust during the relevant period of time and she was, I am afraid, badly let down by what occurred."

He added: "The prime responsibility in a case of this kind must rest with the trust once those with professional knowledge and understanding are aware of the true facts."

His verdict stated Kelly died as a result of cerebral haemorrhage in the context of the systemic failure to provide the specialist advice during her pregnancy that her family history required.

With this in mind, the family confirmed outside the court that they will be seeking legal action against the trust.

Kelly's step-mother Merrisa Hutchings said: "We came here, Kelly's dad and I, to have some serious questions answered on why 20 years after he lost his wife he lost his daughter in this day and age, and the result we got was what we wanted."

In a statement, Graeme Zaki, medical director of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, assured the family the trust had already changed its practices and had reopened its internal investigation.

Now the administration of ante-natal bookings is done at St Mary's Hospital so they are centrally co-ordinated. The trust has streamlined its booking system with GPs to recognise high risk patients.