baby deaths
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9-15 October 2025 marks Baby Loss Awareness Week – a deeply meaningful time dedicated to honouring the babies who left us far too soon. This special week brings together families,...
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In the wake of the scandals involving several NHS maternity units across the country, the BBC has uncovered concerns surrounding the maternity care provided by Royal Sussex County Hospital. Following...
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Jasper James Brooks died on 15 April 2021 at the age of 23 hours. An inquest has found that Jasper died as a result of gross failures by treating staff...
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Families who have suffered the most unimaginable loss of a child in one of the worst reported maternity scandals have warned government ministers that their proposed plans to cap lawyers’...
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Following the long-anticipated publication of Dr Kirkup’s investigation into the maternity care provided at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, medical negligence specialist Mark Stafford-White shares the experience of his client...
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The long-awaited Report, led by Dr Bill Kirkup, into the Maternity and Neonatal Services at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has now been made public. Quite possibly, the most...
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The Ockenden Report’s findings released today are truly dreadful. The report commissioned in 2017 investigated incidents of baby deaths, maternal deaths and avoidable harm to mothers and babies between 2000...
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An investigation has found that blame was put on mothers for the death of their babies’ and that a number of women died in labour due to negligence at a...
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Maternity services at the East Kent NHS Trust are currently being reviewed after 15 babies have died in their care in recent years. Dan and Alison Halligan, the parents of...
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Following on from our previous article that reported at least seven preventable baby deaths had occurred at East Kent hospitals, this number has now risen as more families have come...
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There were multiple opportunities to save six-month-old Harris James. He was mistakenly treated for pneumonia, when in fact he had a heart condition. The Trust had apologised to the family...
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