Nottingham NHS trust fined £1.6m over three newborn babies’ deaths

Nottingham university hospitals NHS trust is at the centre of the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the health service. Photograph: David Sillitoe/The Guardian

An NHS trust has been fined £1.6m after admitting it failed to provide safe care and treatment to three babies who died within months of one other – the first time a trust has been prosecuted more than once for maternity failures.

Nottingham university hospitals NHS trust (NUH) pleaded guilty on Monday to six counts in relation to the deaths of Adele O’Sullivan, Kahlani Rawson and Quinn Parker, who all died shortly after being born, and the treatment of their mothers.