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27A) BELATED MEASURES: E.K.HOSPITAL TRUST following commission of the bill Kirkup independent inquiry into maternity services

8th Mar, 2021 | Information

https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/news-centre/maternity-news/maternity-care-strategy/

(JANUARY 2021: STRATEGY FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATERNITY CARE)
“At East Kent Hospitals, we are on a journey of improvement to provide high quality maternity care for women and their families, and to learn the lessons from past failures.”
WHY ?
DID IT TAKE THE UNECESSARY DEATHS AND DAMAGE OF MOTHERS AND BABIES, THE DESTRUCTION OF FAMILIES, THE EXPENSE OF PUBLICALLY GENERATED INVESTIGATIONS AND PUBLIC HUMILIATION OF MEDIA EXPOSURE BEFORE THIS PARTICULAR ACCOUNTABILITY WAS PROVED. WHY COULDN’T THE TRUST HAVE OPENLY ADMITTED THEIR MISTAKES YEARS AGO, AND PUT THEM RIGHT. IN 2015 THE CQC REPORTED SERIOUS FAILINGS. REBECCA WOULD STILL BE WITH US IF THEY HAD.WOULDN’T SHE?