Sign up to The Independent’s virtual event The NHS maternity scandal: Inside a crisis
The IndependentSign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Concerns about the safety of maternity services in the NHS have been growing with repeated examples of poor care in recent years that went far beyond single isolated cases. The Care Quality Commission has said more than two fifths of maternity units needs to improve on safety while concerns over shortages of midwives and doctors mean services are being increasingly stretched. The Independent has been at the forefront of reporting on maternity services in the last two years with our investigations into the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals maternity scandal – the largest in NHS history. Alongside them will be patient safety campaigner and bereaved father James Titcombe, who exposed poor maternity care at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust following the death of his son Joshua.