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| Troubled Nottingham NHS trust pleads guilty in baby deaths case | Troubled Nottingham NHS trust pleads guilty in baby deaths case |
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| Newborn Quinn Parker was delivered by emergency Caesarean section at City Hospital in Nottingham in July 2021 | Newborn Quinn Parker was delivered by emergency Caesarean section at City Hospital in Nottingham in July 2021 |
| An NHS trust has pleaded guilty to six offences connected to the deaths of three babies in its maternity care. | An NHS trust has pleaded guilty to six offences connected to the deaths of three babies in its maternity care. |
| Adele O'Sullivan, Kahlani Rawson, Quinn Parker died within 14 weeks of each other in 2021 while under the care of the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS trust. | Adele O'Sullivan, Kahlani Rawson, Quinn Parker died within 14 weeks of each other in 2021 while under the care of the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS trust. |
| The healthcare watchdog, Care Quality Commission (CQC), charged the trust over failures to provide safe care and treatment to the three babies and their mothers. | |
| On Monday, the trust - which is at the centre of the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS - entered guilty pleas to the charges at Nottingham Magistrates' Court. | On Monday, the trust - which is at the centre of the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS - entered guilty pleas to the charges at Nottingham Magistrates' Court. |
| Sentencing is expected to take place within the week. | |
| It is the second time the CQC has prosecuted the trust over maternity failures. | It is the second time the CQC has prosecuted the trust over maternity failures. |
| In 2023, it was fined £800,000 after admitting failings in the care of Wynter Andrews, who died aged 23 minutes in 2019. | In 2023, it was fined £800,000 after admitting failings in the care of Wynter Andrews, who died aged 23 minutes in 2019. |
| The maternity review being led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden is ongoing. | |
| An inquest into the death of Quinn, who died at Nottingham City Hospital just two days old in July 2021, found that a series of errors had contributed to his death. | |
| Adele was just 26 minutes old when she died in April 2021. An inquest found a series of "missed opportunities" in her mother's treatment, but could not say whether or not they led to the baby's death. | |
| Kahlani died aged four days old in June 2021. A coroner said "failings in care" led to a 20-minute delay in carrying out an emergency Caesarean section. | |
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