Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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Health
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An NHS trust is being prosecuted over the deaths of two children who had sepsis, the BBC has learned.
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BBC → publish → sepsis
Two charges relate to Zadie Ajetunmobi, three, who died within hours of being taken to Broomfield Hospital, Essex, with a temperature of 40C (104F) in November 2022.
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who → relate → November
A third regards two-year-old Selina Samarina, who was sent home by a doctor at Broomfield in April 2024, only to die two days later.
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who → regard → April
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE), which runs the hospital,
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which → run → hospital
said it was "working closely" with investigators.
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it → say → investigators
Care and treatment was allegedly "not provided in a safe way" to the girls, court documents revealed.
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documents → provide → girls
The prosecution is being brought by the Care Quality Commission under the Health and Social Care Act.
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prosecution → bring → Act
Zadie died within 10 hours of being taken to Broomfield on 10 November 2022, having suffered a cardiac arrest.
A post-mortem examination showed her death arose from complications associated with sepsis, external.
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death → die → sepsis
She was not given a potentially life-saving dose of intravenous antibiotics for more than seven hours.
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She → give → hours
Zadie's family were previously told by MSE that staff had not updated local sepsis guidance since 2017.
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staff → tell → 2017
Her parents, Theo and Rhiannon, described her as a "beautiful little girl" and added: "This is a tragedy from which we will never recover."
'Very junior doctor'
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we → describe → which
Selina Samarina was taken to Broomfield with symptoms of fever, a rash and irritability on 7 April 2024.
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Samarina → take → April
She was discharged by a doctor but died there two days later, after her parents readmitted her.
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parents → discharge → her
The sepsis protocol was triggered on Selina's initial arrival at hospital, however a coroner previously said a doctor of appropriate seniority was not available until two-and-a-half hours later.
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doctor → trigger → seniority
Selina, who had Down's syndrome, was sent home by a "very junior doctor" in the meantime, assistant coroner Stephen Simblet KC said during an inquest into her death.
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KC → have → death
Adam Sewell-Jones, group chief executive of MSE, said: "We are working closely with the CQC on its investigation.
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We → say → investigation
"As there is an ongoing legal process, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."
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it → be → stage
MSE is expected to enter pleas to the three charges on 3 December.
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MSE → expect → December
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