10 babies were stillborn due to negligence at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust since 2010, a Freedom of Information request has shown. Specialist clinical negligence law firm, Lime Solicitors, submitted an FOI to NHS Resolution which found between the financial years 2010/11 and 2020/21, the trust settled 10 clinical negligence claims relating to still births.
More than £290,000 was paid out in damages, averaging £29,000 per case, as well as £286,000 in legal fees. The data has also found that nationally, more than one baby is lost each week due to failings, with trusts across the country paying £29.8m in damages and £34.8m in legal fees across 758 clinical negligence cases.
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