Leading midwife Donna Ockenden has said she hopes to be in Nottingham 'soon' to speak to families affected by failures at Nottingham hospital's maternity services. She said the latest inadequate rating of the departments Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) by healthcare watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) made for "stark reading".
Ms Ockenden, who uncovered 200 avoidable baby deaths at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust across two decades, was hired to conduct a similar review of services at Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital. It came after more than 100 families wrote to Health Secretary Sajid Javid demanding the action, with the initial review being scrapped.
Following her appointment on Thursday, May 26, Ms Ockenden told Nottinghamshire Live she was "really delighted and really honoured" by the fact families asked for her specifically. "It's a huge responsibility that our team will take really seriously and I give my word to families, people, the community around Nottingham and the staff at the trust that we will do the very best we can for you all," she said.
