10
Nov 2020
Section: Medical Negligence
Maternity unit at Basildon hospital given ‘urgent’ safety deadline
An NHS hospital where a woman bled to death during childbirth in February 2019 has been handed an ‘urgent’ deadline by the Care Quality Commission to keep patients at its maternity unit safe. It has been revealed that the CQC found unsafe staffing levels at the unit at Basildon Hospital throughout the month of August,…