Dozens of deaths and stillbirths at maternity units cost hospital trust £103m in damages over decade

More than £100 million has been paid out in damages by one hospital trust over 10 years after its maternity units were accused of being responsible for dozens of deaths and stillbirths.
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Channel 4 News can reveal that just weeks before the stillbirth of one baby, which has now been investigated, the Care Quality Commission, found that Mid and South Essex NHS Trust did not always have enough staff to keep women safe - while staff did not identify and escalate safety concerns appropriately.
This is the latest in a long line of maternity scandals and comes amid increasing calls for an independent inquiry into the way babies are born.
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[@qlecaterina3417]

I'm 30 w pregnant, I pass through a nightmare now, with lost blood tests, MRI results with mistakes, late investigations, and noone takes responsibility! I send several letters to PALS of my the hospital. I'm really stressed about the things happening. In UK you should have medical knowledge and check every step the doctor do, otherwise smth bad can happen...

[@Christinebanks11]

You're pregnant? Is it mine? 😆

[@israeldiegoriveragenius2th164]

We have a moral duty not to comply. No to discriminatory vaccine passports and mandates, it is an utter disgrace. This must not happen England. Will never vote Labour or Tory again. Disgrace

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

The sad reality is many hospitals up and down the country are understaffed. This current government is doing its best to continue to rundown healthcare and social care services. Hospital management don’t listen to staff and constantly fail to address legitimate safety concerns; in essence many staff complete clinical incident forms when staffing levels are affected and it falls on deaf ears (senior hospital managers). I can not begin to imagine what any parent is going through at the loss of their child or any partner is dealing with when they lose their loved one.

[@shantibel]

Cold comfort from the bureaucrats. I don't see how a language barrier prevents staff from realizing that a woman is losing pints and pints of blood, or knowing that a baby is in distress during birth.

[@dibaygautam2076]

Queen Elizabeth hospital is the worst hospital in Uk midwife’s are outdated , rude and low life ! Specially Nurses attitude needs changing just like other wards nurses. The new generation nurse attitude and service have changed massively around the world and few leftovers need to do the same.

[@timingmile7030]

The government needs to fund more into the nhs. Being understaffed is the main reason for problems

[@Christinebanks11]

Blame the antivaxers

[@casteretpollux]

Things are going backwards for women in many ways.

[@canadianpsychologist]

Cathy Newman: On Jan 16, 2018, you conducted an interview in a very poor way and got 35 million views with 200k negative comments about you. You are the shame of British journalism! It’s been almost 4 years, but we’ll never forget to hold you accountable for your poor job performance!

[@casteretpollux]

Topic?

[@WOBBLINDATNOLA]

This was appalling with the statistics and storirs

[@ABerCul]

So sad, but when you think something may be wrong then it's already too late. Never blame yourself. If a baby is going to pass then it's going to pass. In these cercumstances their is nothing you could have done or anyone else to stop this. Why? Because it takes less than 2 min for a baby to pass and the only way to catch something like this is too literally be watching with MRI every single second of the day without looking away. Unfortunately you are left to deal with this loss. And as a Mom I know we give each of our babies a piece of our souls and that is the spark of its life. So you as a Mom will feel this child fears, pain, happiness, and so on like no one else. But when you give a piece of your soul and you actually felt your babies spark (your piece of soul) pass too. That's why you knew something was wrong. So not only did you lose your child but a piece of your soul died too. That is why you feel so much pain deep in your soul. Understand? You died when your baby did, you felt it, but the rest of your soul is alive and it's grieving for it's piece. I hope this makes sense. It will never feel better but time will help you live your life better everyday. You will still baal out in the shower or driving down the road. But you will learn how to manage your emotions, life, and so on with time. There will be many more hearrbreak. It's how you handle it. How are you going to come out at the end? Ok or useless

[@Christinebanks11]

The woman interviewed is NOT going to watch this, let alone read the comments.

[@casteretpollux]

What are your qualifications in medicine?

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[@raddyfox]

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[@anthonyman8008]

Medical tyranny

[@beanhole123]

Blame the UK population (expect Scotland) keep voting in the same people who are causing the problems

[@Christinebanks11]

@@beanhole123 no blame Scotland! They have had CENTURIES to break away from the uk but they are not, 🇺🇸😆

[@beanhole123]

@@Christinebanks11 Scottish people don't have any real national independence pride. During the referendum they was told if they left the UK they wouldn't be in the eu. That and uk heavily funding them caused them to stay. Scotland vote for snp so I can't blame them when Tories steal and be corupt.

[@Boo-pv4hn]

The hospitals that had those things happen shouldn’t of had a warning if it was inadequate it should have been stopped from practice till it improved the fact it’s been allowed to continue shows it all

[@guff9567]

.... all paid to friends and family,of course