Patient safety

Child death files deleted ‘methodically and selectively’

By 2026-11-06T14:31:00

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Records of child, neonatal and maternal deaths held by a trust’s medical examiner service were “methodically and selectively” deleted, an external investigation has found.

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