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Healthy Babies plan adds Sure Start to 1,000 hubs

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  • Health Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the Healthy Babies programme to restore a maternity plan.
  • The programme will add Sure Start services to up to 1,000 family hubs by 2028.
  • The Lucy Letby case saw a nurse murder seven babies and attempt seven more between June 2015 and June 2016.
  • The Thirlwall inquiry found Countess of Chester Hospital executives put reputation before infant safety.