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‘NHS doctors ignored my pleas for help after giving birth. Now I’m living with a colostomy bag’

Rachel Cooper, 43, was sent home from hospital with an untreated birth injury and is still suffering years later

The Independent UK

Midwifery expert to chair independent inquiry into Leeds maternity failures

The investigation was formally commissioned by Health Secretary Wes Streeting

The Independent UK

Families welcome appointment of Donna Ockenden to Leeds maternity inquiry

Campaigners say Wes Streeting’s decision to name senior midwife as chair will begin to restore trust

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Senior midwife Donna Ockenden to chair Leeds maternity services investigation

The independent investigation into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was ordered by Wes Streeting in October.

Evening Standard

Baroness Amos refuses to rule out statutory inquiry into ‘shocking’ NHS maternity care

Campaigners calling for public inquiry to take place as new report uncovers unacceptable failures

The Independent UK

At least 55 babies who died at NHS trust ‘may have survived’ with better care, review finds

A review has been conducted into maternity services at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

The Independent UK

Midwife leading Nottingham maternity inquiry charging NHS up to £26,000 a month

Exclusive: Donna Ockenden paid highly for advice in relation to the biggest review of maternity failings in NHS history

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Wes Streeting launches independent inquiry into maternity failures by Leeds hospitals

Families call for Donna Ockenden to head up new independent inquiry into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The Independent UK

Families welcome independent inquiry into maternity services at NHS Trust

Bereaved families have welcomed the independent inquiry into maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS.

Evening Standard

Bereaved mothers hold up 56 babygrows in ’emotional’ meeting with Wes Streeting

Some of the mothers said the Health Secretary had been ‘moved, shocked, horrified and appalled’ by their stories.

Evening Standard

Revealed: The 14 NHS trusts facing national investigation into their maternity care

Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Oxford University Hospitals among the trusts to be scrutinised in Baroness Amos review

The Independent UK

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

Nearly 2,500 families are involved in an independent review of maternity care in Nottingham after alleged harm to babies and mothers.

Evening Standard

Maternity review families say they were called ‘compo seekers’ by NHS staff

Nearly 2,500 families are involved in an independent review of maternity care in Nottingham after alleged harm to babies and mothers

The Independent UK

‘Difficult’ state of NHS maternity care is due to Tory inaction, inquiry head says

Donna Ockenden says previous government’s lack of progress has led to rise in reports of birth trauma in England

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The Independent UK

Nottingham maternity scandal hospital data was ‘maliciously’ deleted, police say

Families of Nottingham Maternity Scandal review ‘distressed’ and ‘appalled’ to learn their data was maliciously deleted

The Guardian - UK

Police launch corporate manslaughter inquiry into Nottingham hospital trust

Inquiry into Nottingham university hospitals NHS trust follows deaths and serious injuries related to maternity care

The Independent UK

More than 100 maternity cases being reviewed in criminal investigation

Nottinghamshire Police have been receiving information from Donna Ockenden’s independent maternity review.

Evening Standard

Ockenden: The NHS ‘failed’ to keep my daughter safe

Donna Ockenden has led a number of patient safety reviews in the health service,

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The Independent UK

A mother blamed herself for her baby’s death for a decade. Now the hospital has admitted it made fatal errors

Hayley Brunt is among almost 2,000 families whose maternity care at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will be scrutinised by an inquiry

The Independent UK

‘Angry’ families to launch their own maternity inquiry after losing faith in NHS probe

‘I’m furious... it’s not our job to fix that maternity unit’, says father

The Independent UK

Maternity inquiry chair backs The Independent’s campaign for ‘vital’ refuge housing

Women need a safe place to go to says maternity safety expert, Donna Ockenden

The Independent UK

Conservative government was ‘asleep at the wheel’ in relation to maternity safety, says top midwife

Nottingham families call for individual staff to be held criminially accountable for failing

The Guardian - UK

Pregnant women suffer racist and discriminatory abuse at NHS trust, says inquiry head

Nottingham maternity review finds women were refused interpreters, mocked and treated unkindly

The Independent UK

Midwives called Asian women in labour ‘princesses’ for asking for pain relief, report finds

Rerport warns of ‘disregard’ by midwives towards black and brown-skinned women

The Guardian - UK

Maternity: Broken Trust review – the furious tale of grieving parents’ fight for justice

This fine documentary about the maternity care failures that led to avoidable deaths never lets the awful stories obscure the bigger picture – the importance of accountability

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