Hundreds of babies and mothers died or were harmed due to “deeply embedded” systemic failures and “cruel” care spanning more than a decade at hospitals in Nottingham, a damning inquiry into the NHS’s largest maternity scandal has found.
More than 500 cases of potentially avoidable harm have been uncovered by the Nottingham maternity inquiry, including the care of mothers and babies in 94 stillbirths and 62 neonatal deaths. A total of 120 babies suffered brain injuries, while nine children were left with cerebral palsy.
