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A senior midwife at a trust in England says chronic understaffing means problems can too easily be missed

Analysis: lack of staff, lack of training and lack of oversight all contributed to NHS maternity scandal

Maternity care has come under the spotlight after major failings at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - now all hospitals have been asked to improve their care

Staff at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust still fear speaking out, says Ockenden inquiry chair

Sajid Javid apologises for maternity service failings reported at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

The independent review’s final report was published on Wednesday.

Richard and Rhiannon's staunch campaigning led to an independent inquiry into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust which identified that more than 201 babies and nine mothers may have survived had they received proper care

Maternity care has come under the spotlight after major failings at one trust which cost the lives of 201 babies and nine mothers

An inquiry revealed that repeated failures saw babies being born stillborn, dying shortly after birth or being left severely brain damaged

This morning a damning report by maternity expert Donna Ockenden found that poor care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust may have led to the deaths of more than 200 babies and mums, including infants Kate Stanton Davies and Pippa Griffiths

‘When something isn’t right, just listen to the parents,’ says Nikhita Hose, whose son Caleb died in January 2021