A hospital has received an award for the quality of its maternity services – just a few years after the Healthcare Commission ordered more than 100 improvements after three healthy babies died.

Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital was highly commended by a group of MPs and peers for improvements being made on its maternity wards.

A training DVD depicting childbirth using a birthing pool used by doctors, midwives and support staff at the Wednesfield Road hospital received an award.

It comes after a report by the Healthcare Commission in 2003 ordered 110 improvements at the hospital following the three deaths, including little Trinity Reynolds whose parents live in Bushbury.

The baby suffocated in her mother’s womb in March 2003 after a series of mistakes by staff. There were also two other needless deaths of healthy babies at New Cross between January and March 2003.

The New Cross team received their award at a summer reception at the Houses of Parliament by the all-party parliamentary group on maternity.

National Childbirth Tru-st’s Mary Newburn, said: “It’s an excellent example of the good work in local trusts and what can be achieved through committed staff and innovation in services.”