By
Press Association 2021
Tom and Sarah Richford
An NHS trust has pleaded guilty to failing to provide safe care and treatment following the death of a baby boy.
Representatives for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust were in court on Monday following the death of Harry Richford seven days after his emergency delivery.
An inquest found that Harry’s death at the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate in November 2017 was “wholly avoidable”.
At Folkestone Magistrates’ Court in Kent, the trust admitted failing to provide safe care and treatment to Harry and his mother Sarah Richford under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations.