A DAD-of-four who has fought to save other babies' lives after his newborn daughter died following ‘a series of medical blunders’ has been hailed the Inspirational Father of the Year.

Dan Hill, of Fir Tree Walk, Lowton, received national recognition for his parenting prowess at The Butterfly Awards in Worchester.

The awards honour groups and individuals, for the courage they have shown in dealing with the death of a baby or the work they do in supporting others through baby bereavement.

Prison officer Dan, 44, was nominated after the success of the 'Justice for Isabella Hope' Facebook campaign he set up with his wife Jade led to the British Association of Perinatal Medicine implementing a new policy which will prevent other babies from dying in the same way as their daughter Isabella.

Dan said: “I am very humbled and honoured to win the award because at the end of the day I am just a dad who fought for justice for their daughter.

“This new policy could save 50 babies a year and prevent families from losing their wonderful little ones needlessly.

“By the time Isabella would have been 21 she will have possibly saved a thousand tiny lives.

"That is some legacy and we as parents could not be more proud of her.”

Isabella was eight days old when she died at Liverpool Women’s Hospital in 2013.

She was born prematurely, at 26 weeks, and shocked doctors by breathing unaided, says Dan.

“Isabella kept improving until a series of medical blunders caused her to deteriorate after she had a central venous catheter (CVC) fitted to feed fluids into her heart," he added.

“The doctor had to adjust the position and should have done an X-ray afterwards, but he didn't, despite that being the correct procedure.

“Instead of being just shy of her heart, the CVC had skewered Isabella’s liver and the fluids were then filling up her abdomen and crushing her internal organs.

"Doctors were oblivious to this due to no X-ray having been taken.

“Despite her consultant’s best efforts and Isabella’s fight to survive, she died on her mummy’s chest.

“At the inquest into Isabella’s death that October we proved our little girl did not die of natural causes, she was killed.

"We also learnt that there was no national policy on the use of CVCs, which we could not understand.

“A simple X-ray would have saved our little girl, so we had to do something to save other babies.

"Now the new policy is in place doctors must take an X-ray if a CVC is moved, to make sure it hasn't caused any damage."

The life-saving policy was enforced at the beginning of the year.

Dan, who picked up his award on October 15, is now training to become a bereavement councillor.

For more information about the Justice for Isabella Hope campaign visit bit.ly/2f6XzfP.