- East Kent Hospitals recorded 27 stillbirths in 12 months, including 13 full-term cases, prompting a national maternity safety alert and an external review.
- Families and critics say the trust has not fully acted on lessons from a previous Kirkup report that suggested some babies might have survived with better care.
- Maternity services remain under pressure with staffing shortages and reliance on temporary staff while investigations and improvements are under way.
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