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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

Families who had babies switched at birth in 1967 in line for NHS compensation

West Midlands Hospital switched two babies at birth in 1967 - (PA Archive)

Families of two babies reportedly switched at birth in an NHS hospital in 1967 are now in line for compensation in the first case of its kind.

The baby girls, now grown women named in reports only as Claire and Jessica, were switched at an NHS West Midlands hospital shortly after birth but their families only discovered the mistake 55 years later, according to the BBC.

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