Article 5SQNV Stillborn baby’s parents receive £2.8m from Nottingham hospital trust

Stillborn baby’s parents receive £2.8m from Nottingham hospital trust

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Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
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Payout to Jack and Sarah Hawkins is thought to be largest settlement for a stillbirth clinical negligence case

A couple whose daughter died before birth after maternity staff failings have received a 2.8m payout from the NHS in what is believed to be the largest settlement for a stillbirth clinical negligence case.

Sarah Hawkins was in labour for six days before Harriet was stillborn, almost nine hours after dying, at Nottingham City hospital in April 2016.

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