‘Inadequate’ safety in Leicester maternity care ‘worrying but unsurprising’
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The safety of some maternity services at a Leicester NHS trust being rated as inadequate by the health watchdog is “worrying but not unsurprising”, a law firm representing patients has said. The trust said it is already making improvements, but two directors at Moosa-Duke said care failings had caused “irrevocable harm” and concerns raised by families had been “batted away”. “Substandard care that involves incorrect readings of CTGs, insufficient monitoring and poor communication between staff.” The CQC said there had been a “deterioration in the level of care” provided in maternity services at two of the trust’s three maternity sites, the Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital. We take the report and its findings incredibly seriously and are using them to drive further improvements for women and birthing people Julie Hogg, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust The LRI and LGH also saw its well-led and overall maternity rating downgraded from “good” to “requires improvement”.