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Officers say they are preparing criminal investigation into services at Nottingham university hospitals trust and will meet families

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The government underfunds the NHS, resulting in fewer staff to meet a greater demand for healthcare. This results in nurses, doctors and hospital staff who are hugely overworked, stressed and completely without time to do their jobs properly, all while being vastly underpaid compared to the rest of Europe or the private sector in the UK. This is done intentionally to make the service so poor that the people who can afford it pay for private healthcare, and eventually, the NHS will be replaced entirely by those private insurance companies and we'll be one step closer to America Lite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Nottinghamshire police have announced they are launching a criminal investigation into maternity failings at Nottingham university hospitals (NUH) NHS trust, after hundreds families raised concerns to an independent review.

In a statement released on Thursday, the chief constable of Nottinghamshire police, Kate Meynell, said officers were preparing a criminal investigation and were planning to meet affected families soon.

A statement issued on behalf of some of the affected parents said: “We welcome the long-awaited news of this police investigation and we are very grateful to the chief constable, Kate Meynell, for her decision.

The Ockenden-led review, which began a year ago, is already working with more than 700 families who came forward with concerns about the treatment they received, and this number is expected to rise to 1,800.

Last week a number of families called for police to investigate, including Sarah and Jack Hawkins, whose daughter, Harriet, was stillborn in Nottingham city hospital.

He said the trust would “continue with our maternity improvement programme”, with changes to “staffing levels, training, compliance with guidelines, record-keeping and the provision and use of equipment”.


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