Number of babies and children dying needlessly following NHS blunders at birth is soaring amid maternity scandals
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Number of babies and children dying needlessly following NHS blunders at birth is soaring amid maternity scandals

Daily Mail  

The number of babies and children dying needlessly following NHS blunders at birth is on the rise, the Mail has discovered. Olly died of a brain injury two years ago after two midwives at Royal Bolton Hospital let his mother feed him while she was having gas and air - in breach of guidelines A coroner ruled his death was a result of ‘neglect’ and a ‘gross failure to provide basic medical care’ She added: ‘I have worked on behalf of countless families who have lost a child due to NHS negligence. However, these figures show that the issues are widespread.’ Ms Miller said: ‘As well as a child losing their life, the trauma stays with these families for ever.’ Separate figures obtained by JMW from Bolton NHS Foundation Trust show that 19 babies born at the Royal Bolton Hospital in the same financial year as Olly were brain damaged. Kate Brintworth, chief midwifery officer for NHS England, admitted: ‘Despite the hard work of NHS staff, for large numbers of women and families NHS maternity care simply isn’t at the level they should expect.’

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NHS trust fined £1.6m for ‘catalogue of failures’ that led to deaths of babies
1 month, 1 week ago

NHS trust fined £1.6m for ‘catalogue of failures’ that led to deaths of babies

The Independent  

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Deaths of 56 babies and two mothers at NHS Trust 'may have been preventable' as whistleblower blasts 'appalling care'
2 months, 1 week ago

Deaths of 56 babies and two mothers at NHS Trust 'may have been preventable' as whistleblower blasts 'appalling care'

Daily Mail  

At least 56 babies and two mothers have tragically died at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the past five years, with bereaved families raising concerns that many of these deaths could have been prevented. According to recent reports, the trust's neonatal mortality rate stands at 4.46 per 1,000 live births in 2022, a figure that is 70 per cent …

Maternity crisis as deaths of mothers and newborn babies increase for the first time in a decade
3 months, 1 week ago

Maternity crisis as deaths of mothers and newborn babies increase for the first time in a decade

Daily Mail  

Death rates for mothers and newborn babies have increased for the first time in a decade amid growing concerns over patient safety, a report reveals. Lord Darzi, co-director at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, who recently led a recent government-commissioned review into the NHS, said: ‘Our latest report on patient safety in England reveals alarming declines. ‘Our analysis highlights …

‘Alarming declines’ in patient safety as maternity care deteriorates – report
3 months, 1 week ago

‘Alarming declines’ in patient safety as maternity care deteriorates – report

The Independent  

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Don’t politicise maternal deaths; unite to prevent such tragedies
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Don’t politicise maternal deaths; unite to prevent such tragedies

New Indian Express  

To call the post-natal deaths of five women in the same institution - Ballari Medical College and Research Centre - in a span of a few days “a serious issue”, would be a brazen understatement. It is a tragedy beyond “shocking”, calling into question the capability of the government medical facilities to ensure safe childbirth specifically, and safe health practices …

Mother blamed herself for her baby’s death for a decade. Now hospital has admitted it made fatal errors
5 months, 1 week ago

Mother blamed herself for her baby’s death for a decade. Now hospital has admitted it made fatal errors

The Independent  

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More accountability needed for maternity scandal ‘cover-ups’, say families
6 months ago

More accountability needed for maternity scandal ‘cover-ups’, say families

The Independent  

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Conservative government was ‘asleep at the wheel’ in relation to maternity safety, says top midwife
6 months ago

Conservative government was ‘asleep at the wheel’ in relation to maternity safety, says top midwife

The Independent  

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Babies breathing tubes dislodged at another hospital where Letby worked, inquiry hears
6 months, 1 week ago

Babies breathing tubes dislodged at another hospital where Letby worked, inquiry hears

The Independent  

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The UK hospital where a nurse was convicted of murdering 7 babies faces investigation
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The UK hospital where a nurse was convicted of murdering 7 babies faces investigation

The Independent  

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Redcliffe Hospital faces allegations of substandard maternity care following baby deaths
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Redcliffe Hospital faces allegations of substandard maternity care following baby deaths

ABC  

Warning: This story contains details of stillbirth and neonatal death and images of a stillborn baby. "They sat on her for a little while and took her to theatre and her baby was nearly dead,'' Ms Pulleine said. But Ms Pulleine says just three months after Lacey lost her baby, another baby was stillborn at Redcliffe Hospital in questionable circumstances. …

The harrowing reality of giving birth in NHS hospitals revealed: Mothers left in blood covered sheets and told to 'stop stressing' over their dead babies, finds damning report into scandal that trauma
10 months, 1 week ago

The harrowing reality of giving birth in NHS hospitals revealed: Mothers left in blood covered sheets and told to 'stop stressing' over their dead babies, finds damning report into scandal that trauma

Daily Mail  

Pregnant women are being treated like a 'slab of 'meat, a damning report into the 'postcode lottery' of NHS maternity care ruled today. The UK's first parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma has found there is 'shockingly poor quality' in maternity services, claiming good care is 'the exception rather than the rule'. According to The Times, the report found 'poor care …

Senior midwife tasked with probing horrifying NHS maternity scandals criticises 'extremely disappointing' progress in making it safe for women to give birth in Britain
1 year, 3 months ago

Senior midwife tasked with probing horrifying NHS maternity scandals criticises 'extremely disappointing' progress in making it safe for women to give birth in Britain

Daily Mail  

The midwife tasked by government and the NHS to investigate maternity scandals has criticised ministers for failing to provide enough funding to address the problems. Donna Ockenden said the money provided so far was 'nowhere near good enough' and progress made to improve services had been 'extremely disappointing'. After her investigation into the deaths and harm of 295 babies and …

MP tells Commons of ‘terrifying’ moment she believed she would die in childbirth
1 year, 5 months ago

MP tells Commons of ‘terrifying’ moment she believed she would die in childbirth

The Independent  

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Family call for maternity care inquiry after son dies due to ‘systemic failures’
1 year, 5 months ago

Family call for maternity care inquiry after son dies due to ‘systemic failures’

The Independent  

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NHS Trusts still push women to have natural births despite maternity scandals
1 year, 6 months ago

NHS Trusts still push women to have natural births despite maternity scandals

The Telegraph  

Hospitals are still promoting a “natural birth is best” philosophy – despite a succession of maternity scandals highlighting the dangers of the approach. Examples identified by The Telegraph include: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust’s internal policy document issued in September 2022 states: “East and North Hertfordshire Maternity Service promotes a culture of normality and focuses on keeping pregnancy and …

‘Inadequate’ safety in Leicester maternity care ‘worrying but unsurprising’
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Inadequate’ safety in Leicester maternity care ‘worrying but unsurprising’

The Independent  

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‘Families’ maternity concerns should have been addressed earlier’
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Families’ maternity concerns should have been addressed earlier’

The Independent  

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Nottingham NHS maternity review head sends condolences to Lucy Letby’s victims
1 year, 6 months ago

Nottingham NHS maternity review head sends condolences to Lucy Letby’s victims

The Independent  

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Couple who lost daughter due to NHS trust care failings call for police review
1 year, 6 months ago

Couple who lost daughter due to NHS trust care failings call for police review

The Independent  

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Lucy Letby motive: Could nurse have been stopped sooner? The missed opportunities to catch a killer revealed
1 year, 7 months ago

Lucy Letby motive: Could nurse have been stopped sooner? The missed opportunities to catch a killer revealed

The Independent  

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Indian-origin UK doctor helped catch nurse who killed 7 newborns in a year
1 year, 7 months ago

Indian-origin UK doctor helped catch nurse who killed 7 newborns in a year

Firstpost  

During her trial, which began in October last year, Manchester Crown Court heard that doctors at the hospital began to notice a significant rise in the number of babies who were dying or were unexpectedly collapsing A UK-born Indian-origin consultant pediatrician at a hospital in northern England is among those who raised concerns and helped convict a nurse found guilty …

Babies could have been saved if hospital acted sooner, consultants say
1 year, 7 months ago

Babies could have been saved if hospital acted sooner, consultants say

The Independent  

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Lucy Letby police to review care of 4,000 babies where killer nurse worked
1 year, 7 months ago

Lucy Letby police to review care of 4,000 babies where killer nurse worked

The Independent  

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Nottingham maternity inquiry to investigate 1,700 cases in largest-ever baby deaths probe
1 year, 8 months ago

Nottingham maternity inquiry to investigate 1,700 cases in largest-ever baby deaths probe

The Independent  

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Lucy Letby: Jury retires in trial of nurse accused of murdering seven babies
1 year, 8 months ago

Lucy Letby: Jury retires in trial of nurse accused of murdering seven babies

The Independent  

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Letby: Hospital colleagues’ mistakes led to death of baby – I did not kill her
1 year, 10 months ago

Letby: Hospital colleagues’ mistakes led to death of baby – I did not kill her

The Independent  

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Another maternity scandal shames Britain
1 year, 10 months ago

Another maternity scandal shames Britain

The Independent  

It is rare for an official inquiry to be criticised by its own chair, and more unusual still for doubt to be poured on its credibility by its own architects before it is even under way. However, Donna Ockenden, the senior midwife who is leading a review into maternity care failings at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, has been …

More maternity tragedies will occur unless rapid changes are made – report
1 year, 11 months ago

More maternity tragedies will occur unless rapid changes are made – report

The Independent  

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Government has ‘not gone far enough’ in its response to maternity scandal
2 years ago

Government has ‘not gone far enough’ in its response to maternity scandal

The Independent  

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More than 1,300 care concerns raised over trust fined £800,000 for baby death
2 years, 1 month ago

More than 1,300 care concerns raised over trust fined £800,000 for baby death

The Independent  

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Mother of disabled boy calls for lessons to be learned in maternity care
2 years, 2 months ago

Mother of disabled boy calls for lessons to be learned in maternity care

The Independent  

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Maternity scandal review could reach more than 1,500 cases
2 years, 3 months ago

Maternity scandal review could reach more than 1,500 cases

The Independent  

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More than HALF of NHS maternity units fail to meet safety standards
2 years, 5 months ago

More than HALF of NHS maternity units fail to meet safety standards

Daily Mail  

Regulators have expressed 'deep concerns' about the quality of care mothers and babies receive in hospital after maternity services deteriorated to their worst ever level. Sarah and Tom Richford with their son Harry who died seven days after he was born in November 2017 at the QEQM Bex Walton, who lost her son Tommy when he was two days old, …

Covering up NHS scandals should become a criminal offence, author of East Kent probe says
2 years, 5 months ago

Covering up NHS scandals should become a criminal offence, author of East Kent probe says

Daily Mail  

NHS staff who lie to cover-up poor care in the health service should face a criminal charge, the author of the damming probe into the East Kent maternity scandal has said. The damning report published yesterday found at least 45 babies died unnecessarily due to 11 years of 'deep-rooted' failures in care at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. Dr Bill …

East Kent maternity failings led to 45 baby deaths, damning report reveals
2 years, 5 months ago

East Kent maternity failings led to 45 baby deaths, damning report reveals

The Independent  

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East Kent maternity deaths: Damning report into maternity deaths to be published with ‘harrowing’ accounts from families who lost babies
2 years, 5 months ago

East Kent maternity deaths: Damning report into maternity deaths to be published with ‘harrowing’ accounts from families who lost babies

The Independent  

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Lives of mothers and babies at risk due to maternity understaffing, midwives warn
2 years, 5 months ago

Lives of mothers and babies at risk due to maternity understaffing, midwives warn

The Independent  

Grave staff shortages in maternity services are placing the lives of mothers and babies at risk, midwives and campaigners have warned. Cherilyn Mackrory, the Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth who is co-chair of the APPG on Baby Loss, said: “Following on from the Ockenden report, this report affirms yet again that investment is needed to ensure maternity and neonatal …

NHS maternity services shouldn’t be promoting pseudoscience
2 years, 5 months ago

NHS maternity services shouldn’t be promoting pseudoscience

The Independent  

If you give birth in Nottingham, and your placenta is slow to deliver, then expect to be offered aromatherapy oils such as jasmine or basil to speed it up. The revelation that the maternity unit at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has guidelines recommending aromatherapy to treat complications arising from labour has shocked many, with Susan Bewley, emeritus professor of …

Kate visits mothers and babies at maternity unit
2 years, 5 months ago

Kate visits mothers and babies at maternity unit

The Independent  

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NHS maternity failures leading to avoidable stillbirths have cost £65m in a decade, analysis shows
2 years, 5 months ago

NHS maternity failures leading to avoidable stillbirths have cost £65m in a decade, analysis shows

Daily Mail  

Catastrophic failures on NHS maternity units that led to avoidable stillbirths have cost almost £65 million in compensation payouts over the past decade. About 75 stillbirths every year are due to negligence, according to Tommy's, a UK charity carrying out research into miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. About 75 stillbirths every year are due to negligence, according to Tommy's, a …

Woman in labour was forced to travel 40 MILES to give birth after THREE hospitals turned her away
2 years, 5 months ago

Woman in labour was forced to travel 40 MILES to give birth after THREE hospitals turned her away

Daily Mail  

A woman in labour had to travel 40 miles to give birth after being turned away from three hospitals because they did not have enough midwives. Her birthing plans specified Peterborough City Hospital and she rang the unit there after her waters broke, her mother-in-law Rica Scott said. Barbara Job, 25, from Peterborough was forced to travel 40 miles to …

Maternity failings account for the majority of NHS £13bn negligence costs
2 years, 7 months ago

Maternity failings account for the majority of NHS £13bn negligence costs

The Independent  

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Hospital trust ‘apologises unreservedly’ following preventable death of newborn
2 years, 9 months ago

Hospital trust ‘apologises unreservedly’ following preventable death of newborn

The Independent  

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Trainee doctors in ‘meltdown’ at major hospital maternity department
2 years, 9 months ago

Trainee doctors in ‘meltdown’ at major hospital maternity department

The Independent  

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Women and babies still at risk at Nottingham hospitals, watchdog warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Women and babies still at risk at Nottingham hospitals, watchdog warns

The Independent  

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Midwife who led Shrewsbury maternity scandal probe to chair Nottingham review
2 years, 9 months ago

Midwife who led Shrewsbury maternity scandal probe to chair Nottingham review

The Independent  

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NHS trusts under fire for adverts for midwives committed to ‘normal birth’
2 years, 11 months ago

NHS trusts under fire for adverts for midwives committed to ‘normal birth’

The Independent  

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Shrewsbury inquiry chair willing to investigate Nottingham maternity scandal
2 years, 11 months ago

Shrewsbury inquiry chair willing to investigate Nottingham maternity scandal

The Independent  

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