A EXAMINATION OF THE UK MATERNITY SCANDAL UNCOVERS 200 PREVENTABLE INFANT DEATHS

  • 30/03/2022

An investigation into a high-profile scandal Over the last two decades, repeated failings in maternity care have resulted in the deaths of more than 200 babies, according to a British hospital association.

The investigation began in 2018 after two families in western England lobbied for an investigation after their babies died while in the care of Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.

Donna Ockenden, a former senior midwife, led a study into nearly 1,600 events involving stillbirth, neonatal death, maternal mortality, and other grave issues in mothers and newborns between 2000 and 2019. 

The investigation found 131 stillbirths, 70 neonatal deaths and nine maternal deaths either could have or would have been avoided with better care.

Ockenden said Wednesday that hospital management "failed to investigate, failed to learn and failed to improve."

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