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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Mothers and babies at risk of harm in ‘toxic’ NHS cover-up culture, health leader to say

A midwife 's hands performing a physical examination health check on a newborn baby
The warning comes as 14 English NHS trusts are being examined in an inquiry into maternity and neonatal services. Photograph: David Gee/Alamy

Mothers and babies being harmed in the NHS risks becoming normalised because of its toxic cover-up culture, a health leader will say, as it emerged that 14 trusts are the focus of a national maternity investigation in England.

Charles Massey, the chief executive of the General Medical Council, will tell a conference on Monday that “something must have gone badly wrong” when trainee obstetrics and gynaecology doctors are fearful of speaking up.

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