NHS trust pleads guilty after ‘wholly avoidable’ death of week-old baby

NHS trust pleads guilty after ‘wholly avoidable’ death of week-old baby A hospital trust has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge brought by the NHS regulator over failings in care that led to the death of a newborn boy at just seven days old.

In the first prosecution of its kind East Kent hospitals university trust admitted that it failed to provide safe care and treatment for Harry Richford and his mother, Sarah, during his birth in November 2017 at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother hospital in Margate, Kent. The Guardian

See also:

• Harry Richford: East Kent NHS Trust pleads guilty over baby death BBC News
• Harry Richford: East Kent NHS pleads guilty in maternity scandal case The Independent