Scandals in the NHS and the police are caused in part by underfunding but at their heart lie institutions that close ranks and protect their own
At least 200 babies born at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust could have lived if their care had been better, including 131 who were stillborn and 70 who died soon after birth. Nine mothers also died avoidable deaths. Lifetimes were stolen as a result of shockingly bad maternity care. Many more were left with profound lifelong disabilities, their parents fighting against the odds for the care and support they will need for the rest of their lives. The Ockenden inquiry, published last week, found that, despite babies suffering fatal fractures as they were forced out of their mothers with forceps and clinicians leaving women screaming in agony for hours, mothers were blamed by midwives and doctors for the deaths and injuries sustained by their babies.
It is tragic enough that one baby died as a result of clinical failures. But absolutely unforgivable that it happened again, and again, and again, all while desperate and grieving parents spent more than a decade fighting the system for the truth. Continue reading...
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