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| A hospital trust being investigated over baby deaths and subject to repeated warnings over patient safety across two sites has been put into special measures. | A hospital trust being investigated over baby deaths and subject to repeated warnings over patient safety across two sites has been put into special measures. |
| It means Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH) in Shropshire is no longer trusted to run itself alone. | It means Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH) in Shropshire is no longer trusted to run itself alone. |
| The trust was already reporting to a watchdog over maternity and emergency services care at both Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals. | The trust was already reporting to a watchdog over maternity and emergency services care at both Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals. |
| SaTH has been contacted for comment. | SaTH has been contacted for comment. |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock has written to local MPs to inform them of the move to special measures. | |
| He wrote: "In light of ongoing concerns about the trust's quality and performance and recent concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission [CQC], I believe that this is the right decision to take to ensure safe services for patients." | |
| Mr Hancock said SaTH would receive support and "enhanced oversight" from NHS Improvement, the body that along with the CQC has imposed the special measures status. | |
| The decision follows months of concern over the trust, which manages the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. | |
| In August, it was announced that the scope of an independent review into a series of baby deaths - commissioned by the government in 2017 - would be expanded, with concerns raised over what is thought to be more than 100 cases. | |
| Following inspections that month, the CQC announced in October concerns over patient safety in not only maternity but emergency services. | |
| In response, the CQC ordered Royal Shrewsbury and its sister site the Princess Royal to check in weekly over the departments' standards. | |
| On Tuesday, SaTh was then hit with a further CQC warning over staffing levels in critical care and concerns over practice on some medical wards. | |
| Three days earlier, an estimated 3,000 people marched in protest over SaTH's plan to close A&E at the Princess Royal at night, with the trust citing staff shortages for its decision. |