166 babies stillborn due to negligence at London NHS trusts, figures reveal
166 babies were stillborn due to negligence at London NHS trusts in the last 11 years according to new figures from a freedom of information (FOI) request. NHS trusts in Greater London had to pay out more than £8.5 million in damages to parents affected. The worst NHS trust in London for babies being stillborn due to their negligence was Barking, Havering and Redbridge where 22 babies were stillborn between the financial years 2012/13 and 2022/23. This meant they had to pay out £986,015 in damages, the second highest of any London trust, as well as take on £120,092 in legal fees with the claimants' legal fees being £851,456. The London trust that had to pay out the most in damages was King’s College where 17 babies were stillborn due to negligence, the fourth highest. Their damages bill stood at £1,060,015, as well as £116,238 in legal fees while the claimants' fees were £1,263,948. READ MORE: Woman in her 50s dies in hospital months after lorry crash injures two pedestria...