Thirty mums and babies died at failing hospital: Damning Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ to show µ¬ÌÏ of neglect at Morecambe Bay was much worse than first ¶²¤ì¤ëd?

  • ´Ø¿´s first raised?in 2008 when Joshua Titcombe died of ´¶À÷?
  • Baby should have been °·¤¦¡¿¼£ÎŤ¹¤ëd with ¹³À¸Êª¼Ás at hospital in Cumbria?
  • Father called it ¡Æappalling¡Ç that nobody has been disciplined for failings
  • New Ä´ºº will ·ëÏÀ¤¹¤ë that neglect Í¿¤¨¤ë¡¿Êû¤²¤ëd to even more deaths

Up to 30 babies and mothers died at a ¥¹¥­¥ã¥ó¥À¥ë-¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë hospital because of failings by midwives and doctors, a damning Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ is ¿äÄꤹ¤ë¡¿Í½ÁÛ¤¹¤ëd to ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹.

The ÆÈΩ¤·¤¿¡¦Ìµ½ê° Ä´ºº into baby deaths within University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS ÁÏΩ¡¿´ðÁà ¿®ÍÑ will show that the µ¬ÌÏ of the ¥¹¥­¥ã¥ó¥À¥ë was much worse than °ÊÁ° ¶²¤ì¤ëd.

It had been thought that 16 babies and two mothers had died as a result of shambolic care over nearly ten years at a maternity ¶è within Furness General Hospital in Cumbria.

Tragic: Concerns were first raised in September 2008 when Joshua Titcombe, who was nine days old, died from an infection that should have been treated with antibiotics

Èá·à¤Î: ´Ø¿´s were first raised in September 2008 when Joshua Titcombe, who was nine days old, died from an ´¶À÷ that should have been °·¤¦¡¿¼£ÎŤ¹¤ëd with ¹³À¸Êª¼Ás

But after ºÇ¹âĬ¤Î¾ìÌÌing ´Ø¿´s in around 50 »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ôs, Áܺº´±¡¿Ä´ºº´±s are exp ected to ·ëÏÀ¤¹¤ë that neglect Í¿¤¨¤ë¡¿Êû¤²¤ëd to even more deaths.

Health ¸ø¼°¤Î¡¿Ìò¿Ís have tried to cover up their ¼ºÇÔ to ŬÀÚ¤Ë Ä´ºº¡¿Áܺº¤¹¤ë poor ´µ¼Ô care on the ÉôÂâ.

¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º ¿½Å¤Î ·Ù¹ðs about failings between 2001 and 2012, the Care ¼Á ¡ÊÇäÇã¡Ë¼ê¿ôÎÁ¡¤°ÑÂ÷¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿°Ñ°÷²ñ¡¿¸¢¸Â gave the hospital a clean Ë¡°Æ of health in 2010.

The ¼ºÇÔ to strike off any nurse, doctor or midwife working at the hospital has enraged µ¾À·¼Ôs¡Ç families.

´Ø¿´s were first raised in September 2008 when Joshua Titcombe, who was nine days old, died from an ´¶À÷ that should have been °·¤¦¡¿¼£ÎŤ¹¤ëd with ¹³À¸Êª¼Ás.

His father James said it was ¡Æappalling¡Ç that nobody has been disciplined for the failings that led to the deaths and ½Ò¤Ù¤ëd the accountability ²áÄø as ¡Æridiculously slow¡Ç.

'Appalling': Hoa and James Titcombe, parents of Joshua. James?said it was ¡Æappalling¡Ç that nobody has been disciplined for the failings that led to the deaths of up to 30 babies and mothers

'Appalling': Hoa and James Titcombe, parents of Joshua. James?said it was ¡Æappalling¡Ç that nobody has been disciplined for the failings that led to the deaths o f up to 30 babies and mothers

Mr Titcombe said: ¡ÆIt¡Çs been six years since Joshua died and we have should been finding out about [the care failings] at the time. It¡Çs a Ä´°õ¤¹¤ë of how ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ëd and ±£¤·¤À¤Æ¤¹¤ë the NHS was.

¡ÆWe were ľÌ̤¹¤ëd with ¾ã³² after ¾ã³² which is an µ¯ÁÊ¡¤¹ðȯ of how the NHS was run at the time.

¡ÆWhat happened to Êݸ¤ëing mothers and babies? The timescale is a ÉÔ̾ÍÀ.¡Ç

He said there was no ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳ why culpable nurse and doctors could not have been held to account before the Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ was published.

A number of midwives from the hospital are ͽÄê to ľÌ̤¹¤ë the Nursing and Midwifery ²ñµÄ (NMC) later this year in relation to deaths at the hospital.

Mr Titcombe Äɲ乤ëd: ¡ÆFor Joshua to have died in 2008 and the NMC¡Çs ²áÄøs to still be ¸½ºß¿Ê¹ÔÃæ¤Î is ÀäÂÐ appalling. How can that be Êݸ¤ëing mothers and babies?

¡ÆThere has been a real ¼ºÇÔ in the way the professional regulators have worked.¡Ç

The ÆÈΩ¤·¤¿¡¦Ìµ½ê° Ä´ºº into the ¿®ÍÑ, ¿äÄꤹ¤ë¡¿Í½ÁÛ¤¹¤ëd to be published next month, was finally ordered by Âç¿Ãs ͽÄê to ³«»Ï¤¹¤ëing ´Ø¿´s over the deaths of at least eight mothers and babies.

Mr Titcombe added: ¡
ÆFor Joshua to have died in 2008 and the NMC¡Çs processes to still be ongoing is absolutely appalling. How can that be protecting mothers and babies?

Mr Titcombe Äɲ乤ëd: ¡ÆFor Joshua to have died in 2008 and the NMC¡Çs ²áÄøs to still be ¸½ºß¿Ê¹ÔÃæ¤Î is ÀäÂÐ appalling. How can that be Êݸ¤ëing mothers and babies?

While ¸ø¼°¤Î¡¿Ìò¿Ís continued to cover up the extent of the hospital¡Çs problems, a police Ä´ºº was ·ë¶É ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëd after repeated ¡Ê̱»ö¤Î¡Ë¹ðÁÊs from µ¾À·¼Ôs¡Ç families.

The Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ is ¿äÄꤹ¤ë¡¿Í½ÁÛ¤¹¤ëd to lay some of the ÈóÆñ¤¹¤ë on the ¡Ædysfunctional¡Ç ´Ø·¸ between midwives and doctors on the ¶è, ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð the Sunday Times.

The ÉáµÚ¤·¤¿ ¡Æloss¡Ç of °åÎŤΠµ­Ï¿¡¤µ­Ï¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µ­Ï¿¤¹¤ës that ´Þ¤à¡¿Éõ¤¸¹þ¤á¤ëd ·èÄêŪ¤Ê °åÎŤΠ¡Ê·Ù»¡¤Ê¤É¤Ø¤Î¡ËÌ©¹ð¡¤¹ðÁʡʾõ¡Ë, such as in the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô of Joshua Titcombe, will also be ºÇ¹âĬ¤Î¾ìÌÌd.

An ÆâÉô¤Î review published in March 2010 ºÇ¹âĬ¤Î¾ìÌÌd ´Ø¿´s about the maternity ÉôÂâ ´Þ¤àing the relations between staff.

The CQC, however, failed to read the Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ and passed the hospital as ¡Æ°ÂÁ´¤Ê¡Ç a year later.

When a CQC ¸ø¼°¤Î¡¿Ìò¿Í produced a dossier showing the ºº»¡ was ·ç´Ùd, bosses told him to destroy it to Êݸ¤ë the commissi on¡Çs ɾȽ.

The extent to which officals have tried to deflect attention from the failing hospital has been branded ¡Ærotten¡Ç by Âç¿Ãs and ¤ËÎ㤨¤ëd to the Ãæ±û¤Î-Staffordshire ¿®ÍÑ cover-up.

The CQC and the µÄ²ñ¤Î and health service ombudsman are also thought to be in line for Èãɾ in Dr Ë¡°Æ Kirkup¡Çs Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬.

It will raise more questions about how °åÎŤΠstaff and those »Å»öd with ¸¡ºº¡¿»ë»¡¤¹¤ëing the ¼Á of care ¶¡µë¤¹¤ëd are held to account.

Up to 30 babies and mothers died at?Furness General Hospital in Cumbria?because of failings by midwives and doctors, a damning report is expected to reveal

Up to 30 babies and mothers died at?Furness General Hospital in Cumbria?because of failings by midwives and doctors, a damning Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ is ¿äÄꤹ¤ë¡¿Í½ÁÛ¤¹¤ëd to ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹

A string of ¾åµé¤Î staff at the ¿®ÍÑ have ¡Æstepped É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë¡Ç from their ¿¦¶Ès with lucrative »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â packets - but nobody has been ²ò¸Û¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd.

Others linked to the ¿½¤·Î©¤Æ¤é¤ì¤¿¡¿µ¿¤ï¤·¤¤ cover-up have also left their Ìò³äs, with families ¿äÄꤹ¤ë¡¿Í½ÁÛ¤¹¤ëd to continue with ¹çˡŪ¤Ê ³èÆ°¡¿ÀïÆ® against the ¿®ÍÑ ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ the Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬¡Çs ½ÐÈÇ¡Êʪ¡Ë.

Former Ĺ¡¤»ØƳ¼Ô (n)Ìò°÷¡¿(a)¼¹¹ÔÎϤΤ¢¤ë of the Morecambe Bay ¿®ÍÑ, Tony Halsall, left in March with a ¡ò225,000 »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â-off and has since moved to the »äŪ¤Ê ÉôÌç.

Jill Finney, former Éû Ĺ¡¤»ØƳ¼Ô (n)Ìò°÷¡¿(a)¼¹¹ÔÎϤΤ¢¤ë of the CQC, was awarded ¡ò60,000 for ¶ì¤·¤á¤ë after she was ¡Ê·º»ö¡ËÈï¹ð covering up a CQC Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬. She always ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd the ¼çÄ¥.

The Morecombe Bay ¿®ÍÑ however has ¼­Âह¤ëd to say whether it has taken any ³èÆ°¡¿ÀïÆ® against any staff members or whether the nurses are still ¸Û¤¦d.??

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