- The largest maternity review in NHS history, led by Donna Ockenden, is expected to reveal extensive failings at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust, leading to multiple baby deaths and avoidable harm.
- The government-ordered inquiry, triggered by a 2020 expose by The Independent , involved contributions from around 2,500 families and over 800 staff members; it will be released on Wednesday.
- Nottinghamshire Police launched a corporate manslaughter case in 2025 and recently arrested two men in connection with operating practices in the mortuary service provided by the trust.
- Regulatory bodies, including the General Medical Council (GMC) and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), are investigating numerous allegations against individual staff from NUH.
- Families like Jack and Sarah Hawkins, whose daughter Harriet was stillborn, and Gary and Sarah Andrews, whose daughter Wynter died shortly after birth, are calling for accountability and a statutory public inquiry into poor maternity care.
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Largest-ever NHS maternity inquiry to reveal how failings led to babies’ deaths
