'Hopeless': how senior doctor described NHS maternity unit's testing regime

The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, ordered an investigation into Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust .A senior figure in an NHS trust’s maternity unit under investigation over avoidable baby deaths has admitted that some practices in the unit were “hopeless”.Andrew Tapp, medical director of women and children’s services at Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust, said in an email to a GP: “I think there are real problems here.” The GP had raised concer