Parents at the centre of what is believed to be the NHS’ biggest maternity scandal wept at a public meeting into baby deaths in Nottingham. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is set to issue a formal apology following dozens of baby deaths, stillbirths and 46 cases of babies left brain damaged after mistakes.
The Nottingham inquiry is being led by Donna Ockenden, the midwifery expert whose Shrewsbury report concluded in March failures had led to more than 200 deaths of babies. More than 1,500 families have their cases investigated over a period of 20 years.
Some of them wept at the meeting today as top midwife Ms Ockenden told the audience behind the numbers are mothers and babies who suffered harm - "often avoidable, life-changing harm made worse by having to fight to be heard".
