BREAKING: An NHS trust has been fined £800k after admitting failures in the care of a mother and her baby, who died 23 minutes after being born.
Wynter Sophia Andrews died in the arms of her parents, Sarah and Gary Andrews, on September 15, 2019
At a hearing at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the hospitals, pleaded guilty to two charges relating to Wynter and Mrs Andrews of being a registered person who failed to provide care or treatment in a safe way resulting in harm or loss, in what is the first time the trust has ever been criminally prosecuted.
‘My assessment is that the level of culpability is high, where offences on Wynter and Mrs Andrews are concerned. It will also pay prosecution costs of £13,668.65 and a victim surcharge of £181, with Bernard Thorogood, mitigating on its behalf, asking for two years to pay the sum.
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