THE reviewers of maternity services at the Falkland Islands hospital the King Edward Memorial VIII Hospital have said there is “evidence of improvement” in the service from when they last visited, nearly two years ago.Dr Sophia Stone, a consultant obstetrician and specialist in maternal medicine at University Hospital Sussex, along with Heather Woods, a specialist midwife, have been undertaking the review two years after the “avoidable” death of baby Aspyn.A number of failings at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) were identified by the Coroner after a week long inquest earlier in 2025 which were “causative” to the death.Prior to the inquest, an internal and external review of the circumstances surrounding the incident took place, which led to a 42 point action plan being drawn up. The Director of Health and Social Services John Woollacott said to Penguin News (PN) in March this year that the points from the...