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(L to R) Carley McKee, Colin Griffiths, Fiona Carr, Charlotte Cheshire, Rhiannon Davies, Richard Stanton, Kayleigh Griffiths, Donna Ockenden, Nicky Lauder, David Boylett, Hayley Matthews and Steph Hotchkiss stand with the final Ockenden report at The Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hotel, Shropshire
AT LEAST 201 babies and nine mothers would have survived if an NHS trust had provided better care, an independent inquiry into Britain’s biggest maternity scandal revealed today.
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust presided over catastrophic failings for 20 years and did not learn from its own inadequate investigations, which led to babies being stillborn, dying shortly after birth or being left severely brain damaged, a damning report found.
Some babies suffered skull fractures, broken bones or developed cerebral palsy after traumatic forceps deliveries, while others were starved of oxygen and experienced life-changing brain injuries.
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