Deaths of newborns four times higher in some of our hospitals

The perinatal death rate – for babies at or around the time of birth – is four times higher in some maternity units than in others, the first audit of all 20 public and private centres across the country has found. At the same time, there is a worrying fall in the number of autopsies carried out on these babies, particularly newborns, to determine the cause of death and extent of disease. (Independent) >