Published: 2022-03-30 — 21.10
The investigation, commissioned in 2017, noted repeated failures at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust Hospitals in central England over the period 2000-2019.
Infants were stillborn, died shortly after birth or suffered severe brain damage, the report said. It also revealed that nine out of 12 mothers who died during this period could receive much better care. Among other things, some were forced to give birth naturally when they should have been offered a caesarean section.
Some babies develop skull fractures, fractures, or develop cerebral palsy after birth with traumatic forceps. Other newborns received too little oxygen, according to the report.
But Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs several hospitals and maternity wards in the Shropshire area, failed to investigate or learn from the cases, he added.
There are several families of the deceased who are pushing for an investigation after years of campaigning. HealthMinister Sajid Javid has apologized and promised that those responsible will be held accountable. Healththe company has acknowledged that the treatment was not good enough and pledged to follow the recommendations of the report.
Police are also investigating this case.
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