The families of babies who died or who were left seriously disabled due to catastrophic mistakes at an NHS trust are to receive the final report of an independent inquiry. A major review into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, led by maternity expert Donna Ockenden, is due to publish its findings today, with implications for the whole of NHS maternity care.
Ms Ockenden’s team has examined 1,862 cases, mainly covering 2000 to 2019, making it the largest inquiry into a single service in the history of the NHS. The trust is currently ranked as inadequate by regulators.
The Rev Charlotte Cheshire, 44, from Newport, Shropshire, says her son Adam, now 11, looked unwell after his birth in 2011 but her concerns were dismissed by staff at the trust. When it was finally discovered that he had Group B Strep infection, he was rushed to intensive care where he stayed for almost a month.
