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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Sophie Robinson

NHS staff ‘made heartless criticisms about families in maternity review’

Dr Jack and Sarah Hawkins described the comments as ‘unfathomably heartless’ (Callum Parke/PA) - (PA Archive)

Staff working for a scandal-hit NHS trust allegedly made “heartless” criticisms about families in the largest ever maternity review and claimed the relatives are taking part so they can seek compensation.

Families also say that they have been accused of grooming other affected families to join Donna Ockenden’s independent review of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH).

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