Scottish Authorities Launch Investigation Into Unexplained Newborn Baby Deaths

Scottish Authorities Launch Investigation Into Unexplained Newborn Baby Deaths
A UK NHS hospital ward in an undated file photo. Peter Byrne/PA
Owen Evans
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The Scottish Government has ordered a review into two mystery surges in deaths of newborn babies that happened over a six-month period.

On Friday, the Scottish Government announced that it had commissioned Healthcare Improvement Scotland to lead a wider inquiry into increased neonatal death rates, which are at their highest in a decade (pdf).
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