Morecambe Bay Trust Inquiry
Eleven babies and one mother died following "a lethal mix" of failures in a "seriously dysfunctional" maternity unit at Furness General Hospital, an independent inquiry has found.
David Cameron talks about the Morecambe report
David Cameron told parliament during Prime Minister's Question Time that following the Morecambe report it is important that problems don't get 'swept under the carpet'. He highlighted the newly created post of 'Chief Inspector of Hospitals' and said that the government had to work out how to 'turn a hospital around':
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'My wife and son died because of someone's ego'
A man whose wife and son died at Furness General Hospital says he has never received an apology for failings which led to their deaths.
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'Lethal mix' led to deaths of mother and babies
A "lethal mix" of poor clinical care and relationships between doctors and midwives led to the deaths of 11 babies and one mother.