NHS trust fined £1.6m over three babies' deaths

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By Stephanie Wareham, PA Media

An NHS trust has been fined £1.6 million for “avoidable failings” that led to the deaths of three babies in 2021.

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust pleaded guilty at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Monday to six counts of failing to provide safe care and treatment in relation to the deaths of Adele O’Sullivan, who was 26 minutes old when she died on 7 April 2021, Kahlani Rawson, who died aged 4-days-old on 15 June 2021, and Quinn Parker, who was 1-day-old when he died on 16 July 2021 – and each of their mothers.