'My little girl died at just one day old after midwives ignored signs of deadly infection'
Top midwife Donna Ockenden yesterday lifted the lid on a litany of devastating errors at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
It found maternity units were short-staffed for years and bosses refused to take responsibility for mistakes."We visited Pippa this morning before we came and we said, 'This is what we've done for her.'"Just for me, the sight of the report and how thick it is, and how comprehensive it is, I think we want to thank Donna, and her team, and all the families for coming forward."This is 200-odd pages of harmed families.
"So it's really important, and it's really important that maternity services up and down the country read this and listen to what families have gone through and the impact that's had on people's lives."Alongside the tragic deaths, 94 babies suffered life-changing brain injuries as a result of “catastrophic” care., skull fractures from heavy-handed forceps deliveries and a lack of basic monitoring were recorded.
Ms Ockenden slammed the maternity services as having "failed", adding: "This is a trust that failed to investigate, failed to learn, and failed to improve.She added concerns were "not unique" to the trust in her review, with an overhaul required in mum-and-baby units all over England. Louise Barnett, chief executive at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust said yesterday: "Today's report is deeply distressing, and we offer our wholehearted apologies for the pain and distress caused by our failings as a trust.
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