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East Kent NHS inquiry finds better care might have prevented 45 babies’ deaths

Staff ignored mothers and shut them out from discussions about their own care, says inquiry chair after damning report

The deaths of at least 45 babies could have been avoided if nationally recognised standards of care had been provided at one of England’s largest NHS trusts, a damning inquiry has found.

Dr Bill Kirkup, the chair of the independent inquiry into maternity at East Kent hospitals university NHS foundation trust, said his panel had heard “harrowing” accounts from families of receiving “suboptimal” care, with mothers ignored by staff and shut out from discussions about their own care.

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