Care watchdog launches investigation into Teesside hospital child deaths

The Care Quality Commission has launched a review into hospital deaths involving two children under the care of the North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

 

The deaths were reported as serious incidents and the trust carried out its own investigation.

 

No details of the circumstances surrounding the deaths have been released.

 

The most recent CQC report on the trust rated it as being “good” overall and the watchdog is now conducting a review of events and the actions taken by the trust in connection with the deaths, which occurred over the 2019-20 period.

 

A spokesperson for the North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said “The trust seeks to continue to learn from any incident and conducts a compete review where lessons can and should be learned.

 

“Where cases are ongoing, we are not at liberty to offer comment.”

 

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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.

 

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