Shrewsbury & Telford maternity care review cases rise to 215

Over 200 families have now raised concerns about maternity care at Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust, following ongoing investigations over infant deaths and injuries at the trust.

The review into the crisis has now widened for the third time, following an initial focus on 23 cases.

This scandal is now set to become one of the largest crises in maternity care in the history of the NHS.

Although not all of the new cases will be related to failed maternity care, established problems at the trust, including a culture that did not place emphasis on learning from mistakes, and an inability to hire enough staff, means that more families are coming forward.

Concerns about maternity care, as well as a loss of trust by regulators and problems with A&E services at the trust, all led to them being placed in special measures last week.

NHS Improvement’s Dr Kathy McLean, the organisation that is overseeing the review, said “Every possible case has and will be taken into account as part of the investigation, to help ensure that lessons are learnt.”

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