Rotherham trust is fined {pound}200 000 for failing to take safeguarding action in the case of four babies

Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £200 000 (€230 000; $232 000) after admitting putting four young babies at “significant risk of avoidable harm.”The four, who were all aged under 6 weeks, were sent home after staff at Rotherham General Hospital failed to spot possible non-accidental injuries and take safeguarding action.It took further visits to the hospital, in some cases more than one, before the injuries were identified. The trust, which pleaded guilty to providing unsafe care to the four and “other unnamed service users” after a prosecution by the Care Quality Commission, was also ordered by Sheffield Magistrates Court to pay a £170 victim surcharge and costs of £33 068.Child 1 was reviewed and discharged three times in the first week of October 2019 after being brought to the urgent and emergency care centre (UECC) at Rotherham General Hospital, first on 1 October with unexplained facial bruising, then…
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