Eighteen midwives recruited from South Africa are among new staff in maternity services at Nottingham hospitals as part of a plan to increase resources and improve care for mothers and babies. The midwives will start work in May after the trust which runs both main city hospitals sent a team to the country in an attempt to solve problems recruiting new staff in the department.
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust’s (NUH) maternity services are rated ‘inadequate’ by the healthcare watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC has also highlighted issues with how ‘well led’ the trust is.
The issue was discussed at a Nottinghamshire County Council health scrutiny committee on February 21, where leaders provided an update on their improvement plan for maternity services at Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen’s Medical Centre. Chief executive Anthony May joined NUH in September 2022 and sent out letters to families alongside Donna Ockenden apologising for failings in care.
