The 14 hospital trusts under investigation as part of a “rapid review” into maternity and neonatal services have been named today.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, which was last week named as the 134th and worst-performing acute trust in the country , is among the group. The hospital has had major problems with its buildings because of structural weaknesses and the need for props to hold up ceilings.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, which came 125th in the newly published NHS league tables, also features, as do Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Oxford University Hospital, and University Hospitals of Leicester. University Hospitals Sussex, where police are investigating at least 90 deaths , has also been confirmed as under investigation.

Three trusts – Shrewsbury and Telford , East

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