More calls have been made for a public inquiry to take place into the maternity services at Nottingham hospitals after more than 100 parents joined a support group. Jack and Sarah Hawkins, who lost their baby Harriet after a catalogue of failures by Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) in 2016, said 106 people had come to them with their own experience of what they described as failings within the trust's maternity department.
Nottingham's three MPs have backed the calls for an inquiry, saying NUH was "still not safe" for mothers and babies. The NHS trust, which runs Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital, was served a warning letter by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after it again found a number of concerns remained.
The health watchdog revisited the services between March 1-4 after rating them as 'inadequate' in October 2020. Leading board members at NUH were also accused of "not listening to patients and staff" at a Nottinghamshire County Council health scrutiny meeting last week.
