Black and Asian families have told a review into maternity care at Nottingham hospitals they have a “deepened mistrust” of the service.
Maternity departments at the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital are currently rated ‘inadequate’ by the healthcare watchdog. The services are also subject to an ongoing independent review by midwife and healthcare expert Donna Ockenden.
Black and Asian families, who have been described as “hard to reach” groups by the city’s hospitals trust, Nottingham University Hospitals ( NUH ), have instead told the Ockenden review that they feel “easy to ignore”.
The review began in September last year and comes after dozens of babies were injured or died while in the care of NUH.
