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Mar 2020
Twenty deaths or serious harm cases in maternity linked to North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust since 2008
An independent review into midwifery at North Devon District Hospital in 2017, not released at the time, raised “serious questions” about maternity care. An earlier review in 2013 by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) investigated eleven serious clinical incidents at the unit, dating back to 2008. The report identified failings in the…