Maternity Mistakes - 276,767 mistakes were reported by maternity care services In England - the equivalent of one mistake every 5 births
21/12/17
The BBC has today reported these figures. They would appear to point to an alarming number of incidences. It is important however to distinguish the nature of the incidents and near misses and look at the reason for the rise. NHS Improvement confirm that of the number of mistakes, 63,380 resulted…