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Negligence

Midwifery Feature Articles

It’s Kick-Off on Maternity

Paul
Kick off on maternity
A weekend announcement of £2 million for an RCOG review into preventing brain injuries during birth looks like a smart pre-emptive announcement ahead of today’s publication of the long awaited Select Committee report into Safety in Maternity Services. A few weeks ago NHS England announced £96 million more on maternity......
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Midwifery Feature Articles

£733,000 for East Kent Hospitals Trust baby death. It’s not what you think.

Paul
East Kent Hospitals Negligence Fine
It would easy to believe the recent fine for East Kent Hospitals Trust is another in a long line of high cost medical negligence cases but you would be wrong. Many midwives and maternity managers will have seen the headlines about the guilty plea by East Kent Hospitals, the big......
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