‘Truly horrific’: the stories of five people affected by the NHS maternity scandal

Felicity Benyon had a hysterectomy after giving birth in 2015, during which medics accidentally removed her bladder, leaving her with a urostomy bag. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian

The long-awaited report into maternity failures at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS trust (NUH), the largest investigation of its kind involving about 2,500 families, has been published.

Led by the senior midwife Donna Ockenden, the inquiry investigated stillbirths, neonatal deaths, maternal deaths and babies or mothers who suffered brain damage and other injuries between 2012 and 2025.