Nottingham NHS trust fined £1.6m over baby deaths in maternity care
An NHS trust has been fined £1.6m after admitting it failed to provide safe care and treatment to three babies who died within days of their births.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) had charged Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust over the deaths, which all occurred in 2021.
The trust pleaded guilty to six charges of failing to provide safe care and treatment to the three children and their mothers at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
“Serious and systemic failures” exposed the mothers and babies to significant risk of avoidable harm.
The charges were in connection to the deaths of Adele O’Sullivan, who was 26 minutes old when she died on 7 April 2021, four-day-old Kahlani Rawson, who died on 15 June 2021 and Quinn Parker, who was one day old when he died on 16 July 2021.
Lawyers acting on behalf of the trust told the families in court they offered their “profound apologies and regrets” and that improvements have been made, including hiring more midwives and providing further training to staff.
It is the second time the CQC has prosecuted the trust over failures in maternity care.
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