UK maternity scandal review finds 200 avoidable baby deaths


              Rhiannon Davies, left, embraces Donna Ockenden, chair of the Independent Review into Maternity Services, at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, at The Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hotel, Shropshire, England, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. A review into a scandal-hit British hospital group said Wednesday that persistent failures in maternity care contributed to the avoidable deaths of more than 200 babies over two decades. The review began in 2018 after two families that had lost their babies in the care of Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust in western England campaigned for an inquiry.  (Jacob King/PA via AP)
            
              Rhiannon Davies, left, and Kayleigh Griffiths, react with emotion following the release of the final report by Donna Ockenden, chair of the Independent Review into Maternity Services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, at The Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hotel, Shropshire, England, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. A review into a scandal-hit British hospital group said Wednesday that persistent failures in maternity care contributed to the avoidable deaths of more than 200 babies over two decades. The review began in 2018 after two families that had lost their babies in the care of Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust in western England campaigned for an inquiry.  (Jacob King/PA via AP)
            
              Rhiannon Davies, left, embraces Kayleigh Griffiths, following the release of the final report by Donna Ockenden, chair of the Independent Review into Maternity Services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, at The Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hotel, Shropshire, England, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. A review into a scandal-hit British hospital group said Wednesday that persistent failures in maternity care contributed to the avoidable deaths of more than 200 babies over two decades. The review began in 2018 after two families that had lost their babies in the care of Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust in western England campaigned for an inquiry.  (Jacob King/PA via AP)