A 2013 investigation commissioned by local NHS managers into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust concluded services were safe, meaning failings were allowed to continue. The study,
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A couple’s baby was delivered stillborn two days after the mother had been sent home from hospital despite her reporting a loss of fluid and reduced movement in the womb.
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A review into baby deaths at a scandal-hit NHS trust said maternity staff had caused distress to patients by using “inappropriate language” and blaming grieving mothers for their loss. The
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“Urgent changes” are needed at the troubled Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospitals Trust (SaTH) after health inspectors highlighted “failing leadership” and normalisation of “poor patient care”. The Care Quality Commission
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A resident of a retirement home in Shrewsbury died after testing positive for Covid-19 on Friday. In a statement, a spokeswoman for McCarthy and Stone, owners of the Summerfield Place
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An independent inquiry into Britain’s biggest ever maternity scandal is looking at 900 cases, according to a health minister. Nadine Dorries (pictured) confirmed the increased number of potentially relevant cases
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Four men from Telford have been jailed for abusing a “helpless” young girl who was “passed around like a piece of meat”, sold for sex and raped. The victim told
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Three men have been convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl in Telford. The victim told a jury she was forced to perform sex acts in a churchyard, was raped
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An inspection of maternity services at a scandal-hit NHS trust has found “more work is needed” – but improvements are being made. The independent health regulator, the Care Quality Commission
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The expert behind an investigation into the largest NHS maternity scandal in its history believes it is unlikely the full extent of the failures will ever be known. Writing for
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