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| Urgent action taken at NHS trust facing baby death inquiry | Urgent action taken at NHS trust facing baby death inquiry |
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| Urgent enforcement action has been taken against an NHS trust where patients have been alleged to have suffered serious harm. | Urgent enforcement action has been taken against an NHS trust where patients have been alleged to have suffered serious harm. |
| An inquiry was commissioned in April last year by the then health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to look into the deaths of 23 babies and mothers at Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust. | An inquiry was commissioned in April last year by the then health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to look into the deaths of 23 babies and mothers at Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust. |
| Last week, NHS Improvement said the investigation, by midwife Donna Ockenden, would look into more than the 23 cases originally planned after claims that about 40 other incidents merited investigation. | Last week, NHS Improvement said the investigation, by midwife Donna Ockenden, would look into more than the 23 cases originally planned after claims that about 40 other incidents merited investigation. |
| The NHS regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), said on Thursday that it had taken action following an inspection at the end of last month. | The NHS regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), said on Thursday that it had taken action following an inspection at the end of last month. |
| Heidi Smoult, the CQC’s deputy chief inspector of hospitals, said: “An inspection of services provided by the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust took place over six days at the end of August 2018. That inspection identified concerns regarding patient safety. | Heidi Smoult, the CQC’s deputy chief inspector of hospitals, said: “An inspection of services provided by the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust took place over six days at the end of August 2018. That inspection identified concerns regarding patient safety. |
| “We have now taken urgent enforcement action against the trust to ensure that people always get the care and treatment they have every right to expect. We will provide further information when the legal process allows.” | “We have now taken urgent enforcement action against the trust to ensure that people always get the care and treatment they have every right to expect. We will provide further information when the legal process allows.” |
| A week ago, the Health Service Journal (HSJ) website claimed that at least 60 cases of infant and maternal deaths and babies suffering brain damage had been identified. Its report included suggestions that the scandal at the Shropshire trust may prove bigger than that at the Morecambe Bay trust in Cumbria, where one mother and 11 babies died avoidable deaths. | A week ago, the Health Service Journal (HSJ) website claimed that at least 60 cases of infant and maternal deaths and babies suffering brain damage had been identified. Its report included suggestions that the scandal at the Shropshire trust may prove bigger than that at the Morecambe Bay trust in Cumbria, where one mother and 11 babies died avoidable deaths. |
| The Shrewsbury and Telford trust rejected the HSJ’s report as “factually incorrect and untrue” and criticised the publication for its “irresponsible and scaremongering” reporting. | The Shrewsbury and Telford trust rejected the HSJ’s report as “factually incorrect and untrue” and criticised the publication for its “irresponsible and scaremongering” reporting. |
| It said that while 40 cases between 1998 and 2017 were looked at by its “legacy review”, the total number of them from which lessons could be learned, beyond Ockenden’s 23, was 12, not 40. | It said that while 40 cases between 1998 and 2017 were looked at by its “legacy review”, the total number of them from which lessons could be learned, beyond Ockenden’s 23, was 12, not 40. |
| Maternity care at the trust in recent years has been the subject of no fewer than six separate inquiries, including one by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Three separate reviews are continuing into the death of a mother and two babies there last December. | Maternity care at the trust in recent years has been the subject of no fewer than six separate inquiries, including one by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Three separate reviews are continuing into the death of a mother and two babies there last December. |
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| A year ago, the trust was rated by the CQC as one that “requires improvement”. Concerns included insufficient medical staff, a failure to meet the national target to admit, transfer or discharge 95% of patients within four hours of their arrival in A&E and ambulance handover times that regularly fell below national standards. | A year ago, the trust was rated by the CQC as one that “requires improvement”. Concerns included insufficient medical staff, a failure to meet the national target to admit, transfer or discharge 95% of patients within four hours of their arrival in A&E and ambulance handover times that regularly fell below national standards. |
| The chief executive of Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust, Simon Wright, said: “We have received notification from the Care Quality Commission that they have imposed conditions on us in terms of the systems we have in place around patients who may present with sepsis or other deteriorating medical conditions in our emergency departments and of the environmental safety of our emergency department at the Princess Royal hospital. | The chief executive of Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust, Simon Wright, said: “We have received notification from the Care Quality Commission that they have imposed conditions on us in terms of the systems we have in place around patients who may present with sepsis or other deteriorating medical conditions in our emergency departments and of the environmental safety of our emergency department at the Princess Royal hospital. |
| “Work on these areas had already begun before this notification and we will continue to work hard in these areas to reassure the CQC, and therefore our patients and staff, that these procedures are in place.” | “Work on these areas had already begun before this notification and we will continue to work hard in these areas to reassure the CQC, and therefore our patients and staff, that these procedures are in place.” |
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