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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Repeated maternity failings uncovered in Sheffield NHS trust

Entrance to Northern General Hospital in Sheffield
Sheffield teaching hospitals NHS foundation trust had failed to make required improvements, according to the report. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Hospital inspectors have uncovered repeated maternity failings and expressed serious concern about the safety of mothers and babies in Sheffield just days after a damning report warned there had been hundreds of avoidable baby deaths in Shrewsbury.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found Sheffield teaching hospitals NHS foundation trust, one of the largest NHS trusts in England, had failed to make the required improvements to services when it visited in October and November, despite receiving previous warnings from the watchdog.

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