Dozens of babies and mums died in ‘worst-ever’ NHS maternity scandal, leaked report reveals – The Sun

DOZENS of babies and mums died amid major failings at a hospital trust in what is likely to be the NHS's worst ever maternity scandal.

A leaked report shows that a "toxic" culture stretching back 40 years was in place when babies and mothers suffered avoidable death.

Children were also left with permanent disability amid substandard care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

Staff at the trust routinely dismissed parents' concerns, were unkind, got dead babies' names wrong and, in one instance, referred to a baby who died as "it".

In another case, parents were not told their baby's body had arrived back from the post-mortem examination, and it was left to decompose so badly that the family never got to say a final goodbye.

Leaked report

The interim update report, which has been obtained by The Independent, comes from an independent inquiry ordered by the Government in July 2017.

The study warns that, even to the present day, lessons are not being learned and staff at the trust are uncommunicative with families.

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