Family's Struggle for Justice: Kettering General Hospital Investigation

In 2016, Kettering General Hospital (KGH) became the focus of a major criminal inquiry. Documents seen by the BBC reveal detectives looked for evidence of gross negligence manslaughter over the treatment of Jorgie Stanton-Watts, a vulnerable toddler. Seven years of investigations followed, by the hospital, regulators and a coroner. This is the story of a family's struggle to hold people to account.

Her mother Nicola Stanton, 49, says she went home distraught, but on Monday morning was surprised to find the police at her door. "They said 'If your daughter had died of dehydration while in your care, you'd be looking at a prison sentence and your other children would be removed.' We knew then something wasn't right." From birth, Jorgie was in and out of hospital with a pituitary gland problem that affected her development and made her face puffy. Her grandmother, Zena Stanton, 72, shows a video of her wriggling happily on a play mat and listening to her favourite song, Maggie Ma

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