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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Police examine 600 cases after damning NHS baby deaths report

Rhiannon Davies, who spearheaded the campaign for a review, with her daughter Kate, who died shortly after her birth in 2009.
Rhiannon Davies, who spearheaded the campaign for a review, with her daughter Kate, who died shortly after her birth in 2009. Photograph: Richard Stanton/PA

Police are examining 600 cases linked to the biggest maternity scandal in the history of the NHS, after a damning report into baby deaths condemned health staff for blaming mothers while repeatedly ignoring their own catastrophic blunders for decades.

The independent inquiry into maternity practices at Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust uncovered hundreds of cases in which health officials failed to undertake serious incident investigations, while deaths were dismissed or not investigated appropriately.

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