NHS trust pleads guilty after ‘wholly avoidable’ death of week-old baby
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5GRVQ)
East Kent hospitals trust admits failing to provide safe care for Harry Richford and his mother
A hospital trust has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge brought by the NHS regulator over failings in care that led to the death of a newborn boy at just seven days old.
In the first prosecution of its kind East Kent hospitals university trust admitted that it failed to provide safe care and treatment for Harry Richford and his mother, Sarah, during his birth in November 2017 at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother hospital in Margate, Kent.
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