The update comes after a review from NHS England, which, according to SaTH “recognised the trust has delivered significant, sustained, and demonstrable improvements”, allowing it to exit special measures.
The trust was first rated inadequate after an inspection in 2018.
A report from the Care Quality Commission, external found the safety of maternity services and urgent and emergency care to be inadequate and said medical care, critical care and end of life care needed improvement.
Inspectors also found the leadership of the hospitals at the time to be inadequate and found improvements which needed to be made in the trust’s responsiveness.
In 2022 a final report into maternity services at the trust, led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden, found catastrophic failures may have led to the deaths of more than 200 babies, nine mothers and left other infants with life-changing injuries.