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Mar 2015
Inquiry finds ‘lethal mix of failures’ led to Furness baby deaths
An investigation into Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has ruled that the unnecessary deaths of 11 babies and one mother at Furness General Hospital came about from a ‘lethal mix’ of failures. The investigation found 20 major failures in care from 2004 to 2013 at the hospital, calling the incidents “serious and shocking”. The wider…