The NHS is systematically failing mothers and babies
Yet another inquiry into failing maternity care in 21st-century Britain has delivered a damning report. Donna Ockenden’s review of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust – the largest of its kind in the history of the NHS – tells a depressingly familiar story. Once again, we learn how hundreds of mothers and babies were left to die or suffer catastrophic, life-altering injuries due to the actions of a healthcare provider.
- ▪Yet another inquiry into failing maternity care in 21st-century Britain has delivered a damning report.
- ▪Donna Ockenden’s review of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust – the largest of its kind in the history of the NHS – tells a depressingly familiar story.
- ▪Once again, we learn how hundreds of mothers and babies were left to die or suffer catastrophic, life-altering injuries due to the actions of a healthcare provider.
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The NHS is systematically failing mothers and babies The Nottingham maternity scandal is just the latest in a long line of horrific cases. i Picture by: Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Candice Holdsworth" }) Candice Holdsworth 27th June 2026 i Picture by: Getty Share Topics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. Here we go again. Yet another inquiry into failing maternity care in 21st-century Britain has delivered a damning report. Donna Ockenden’s review of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust – the largest of its kind in the history of the NHS – tells a depressingly familiar story.
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