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Stillbirths to be investigated

The health secretary has said the NHS must do better at learning from mistakes

The NHS in England must do better at learning from mistakes to cut the number of baby deaths and injuries in childbirth, the health secretary says.

There are an estimated 1,000 cases a year where babies unexpectedly die or are left with severe brain injury. That is out of nearly 700,000 births, which, Mr Hunt said, showed the NHS provided safe care for most.

In this podcast we hear from people who lost their babies to still birth and the woman instituting best practice for midwives.

(Image: Baby feet, credit: PA)

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