Ockenden Report Reveals Devastating Failures in NHS Maternity Care
The Ockenden report, the largest maternity review in NHS history, has been published, revealing devastating failures in maternity care where babies were treated with an 'absence of dignity'. A letter from worried staff highlights ongoing issues in providing adequate care to families.
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A letter sent by worried staff shows why maternity care is still failing too many families
Families will continue to be failed unless the NHS makes meaningful changes, BBC's Michael Buchanan writes.
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Jack Hawkins, whose baby Harriet died at the Nottingham NHS trust, spoke to the media on Wednesday on behalf of bereaved families after the release of Donna Ockenden's findings into the NHS’s biggest maternity scandal. Details revealed that more than 500 mothers and babies suffered potentially avoidable harm or died due to 'deeply embedded systemic failures' at a 'toxic' hospital trust More than 500 mothers and babies died or were harmed at ‘toxic’ Nottingham NHS trust, report finds Nottin...
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The largest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS found deep-rooted failures
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