An NHS trust has been fined ?800,000 after admitting to failings in the care of a woman and her baby, who died minutes after being born.
Wynter Sophia Andrews died on 15 September 2019, 23 minutes after being born by emergency caesarean section, in the arms of her parents, Sarah and Gary, at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.
In what is the first time the trust has ever been criminally prosecuted, Nottingham University Hospitals trust pleaded guilty to two counts relating to failures in the care of mother and child at a hearing on Wednesday.
Sentencing the trust on Friday at Nottingham magistrates court, District Judge Grace Leong said: “The catalogue of failings and errors exposed Mrs Andrews and her baby to a significant risk of harm which was avoidable, and such errors ultimately resulted in the death of Wynter and post-traumatic stress for Mrs Andrews and Mr Andrews.
“My assessment is that the level of culpability is high, where offences on Wynter and Mrs Andrews are concerned.
“There were systems in place, but there were so many procedures and practices where guidance was not followed or adhered to or implemented.”
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