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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

Shrewsbury maternity scandal: NHS trust blamed mothers as hundreds of babies died avoidably, report finds

The Independent

Mothers were blamed for the avoidable deaths of more than 200 babies at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, an inquiry into the largest maternity scandal in NHS history has found.

A damning report published on Wednesday said the trust presided over decades of catastrophic failings, while it was never challenged over practices which led to hundreds of children being stillborn, dying shortly after birth or being left severely brain damaged.

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