birth injury

• The Early Notification Scheme: One Year On

  • PostedSeptember 26, 2019

  NHS Resolution, the body responsible for managing compensation claims against the NHS, has reported on the first year of its Early Notification Scheme. The scheme was introduced to improve maternity...

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• Black women five times more likely to die during childbirth than white women

  • PostedJuly 17, 2019

  British figures have revealed that black women are now five times more likely than white women to experience death as a result of pregnancy complications. These shocking figures were released...

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• 300 new cases uncovered during NHS maternity scandal

  • PostedJune 26, 2019

  A further 300 cases of deaths and serious injuries of babies at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SATH) have been discovered. The cases were found during an ongoing...

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• £5.85m payout for girl who suffered severe spinal cord damage at birth

  • PostedJanuary 16, 2019

  A girl, aged eight, has received a payout of £5.85m after she was left needing lifelong care after she sustained serious spinal cord damage at birth. She was delivered at...

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• One in five births sees a maternity care mistake being made

  • PostedDecember 21, 2017

  Over the last two years, 276,767 incidents regarding maternity care were recorded by hospital staff in England. This is the equivalent of one incident for every five births. The majority...

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