Guy Forster News Today

After a long, difficult labour, Claire Keer was exhausted but also full of anticipation, waiting to hear her newborns cry. But there was only the rhythmic bleep of medical machinery and silence.

Norfolk hospitals paid out a record £16m last year in maternity negligence claims – enough money to fund hundreds of extra midwives.

Norfolk hospitals paid out a record £16m last year in maternity negligence claims – enough money to fund hundreds of extra midwives.