Nottingham Magistrates Court handed down their sentence to Nottingham University Hospital Trust for the failures that led to Wynter Andrews’ death.

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to provide safe care and treatment to Sarah Andrews and her baby Wynter.

As we head into cervical cancer prevention week, many young women will been shocked to learn of the many deaths that occurred in the last few years as a result of cervical cancer.

Midwife, Gemma Bentley and her husband, sadly lost their baby following negligent care provided by the Trust she works within.

Critical incidents have been declared in several NHS Trusts over the last few weeks due to high volume of inpatients, delays in discharges and high volumes of admissions in emergency departments.

The government has been in debate over the costs of clinical negligence claims for many years. The argument has always been that the cost of litigation in a claim is too high.

The NHS plans to recruit more than 1,000 GP assistants to help tackle the significant backlog of patient appointments and to allow GPs more time to treat patients.

We recognise that medical negligence resulting in death or a life altering injury leads to many unanswered questions, which intensifies the grieving process.