Morecambe Bay Trust inquiry: Bereaved families braced for delayed report into maternity deaths

Morecambe Bay Trust inquiry: Bereaved families braced for delayed report into maternity deaths, As many as 80 bereaved families are bringing legal negligence claims in an NHS scandal that is expected to provoke a political storm this week, when an inquiry into failings at three hospitals is published.

The claims involve babies and mothers having died or babies being born with severe disabilities at maternity units run by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) which operates maternity units in hospitals in Cumbria and Lancashire.

On Tuesday a long-awaited investigation into the trust is expected to name staff whose actions contributed to the deaths of mothers and babies and the severe disabilities of babies born at the three hospitals.....Read More