THE trust which runs Basingstoke hospital said an “error” was published in its meeting papers regarding caesarean sections after serious concerns were raised.
As previously reported, figures from Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust (HHFT) board of directors showed that more women have caesareans to deliver their baby at its hospitals than the national average.
According to the report, it had failed to meet its target set against a ‘monthly goal’ for every month since February 2020.
However, two weeks after the Gazette published an article on this, the trust has now released a statement to say the papers incorrectly referred to a ‘national benchmark’ for caesarean sections.