Troubled Nottingham NHS belief pleads responsible in child deaths case

An NHS belief has pleaded responsible to 6 offences related to the deaths of three infants in its maternity care.

Adele O’Sullivan, Kahlani Rawson and Quinn Parker died inside 14 weeks of one another in 2021 whereas underneath the care of the Nottingham College Hospitals (NUH) NHS belief.

The healthcare watchdog, the Care High quality Fee (CQC), charged the belief over failures to supply protected care and remedy to the three infants and their moms.

On Monday, the belief – which is on the centre of the most important maternity inquiry within the historical past of the NHS – entered responsible pleas to the fees at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court docket.

Sentencing is predicted to happen throughout the week.

It’s the second time the CQC has prosecuted the belief over maternity failures.

In 2023, the belief was fined £800,000 after admitting failings within the care of Wynter Andrews, who died aged 23 minutes in 2019.

The maternity assessment being led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden is ongoing.

An inquest into the demise of Quinn, who died at Nottingham Metropolis Hospital simply two days previous in July 2021, discovered {that a} sequence of errors had contributed to his demise.

Adele was 26 minutes previous when she died in April 2021. An inquest discovered a sequence of “missed alternatives” in her mom’s remedy, however couldn’t say whether or not or not they led to the child’s demise.

Kahlani died aged 4 days previous in June 2021. A coroner mentioned “failings in care” led to a 20-minute delay in finishing up an emergency Caesarean part.