By Press Association 2021
Tom and Sarah Richford
The parents of a baby boy who died at a scandal-hit NHS trust say they now have “some sort of justice” after spending years fighting for change.
Harry Richford’s “wholly avoidable” death in November 2017 led to East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust being charged and taken to court.
His parents say they fear that serious failings would have been “brushed under a carpet” if they had not campaigned for answers.
There have been reports that at least seven preventable baby deaths may have occurred at the trust since 2016.
On Monday 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, in the first prosecution of its kind.
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.
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A scandal-hit NHS trust has today pleaded guilty to the wholly avoidable death of a baby boy, in a landmark prosecution.
Harry Richford died seven days after his emergency delivery at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) Hospital in Margate.
An inquest found that his death in November 2017 was wholly avoidable and contributed to by neglect.
At Folkestone Magistrates Court today, the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust admitted failing to provide safe care and treatment to Harry and his mother, Sarah.
The trust said it had already made significant changes following Harry s death and would do everything we can to learn from this tragedy.
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