Police launch corporate manslaughter inquiry into Nottingham hospital trust

The largest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS is examining deaths and harm spanning more than over a decade at the Queen’s medical centre and Nottingham city hospital, pictured above. Photograph: Emma Coles/PA

An NHS trust is being investigated on suspicion of corporate manslaughter after the deaths and severe harm of potentially more than 2,000 babies and women in Nottinghamshire.

Police are reviewing more than 200 alleged failures of maternity care at Nottingham university hospitals (NUH) NHS trust but this figure could rise to about 2,500.