Kirkup review highlights 4 immediate action areas for maternity services at East Kent NHS Hospitals University Trust
2022 has not been a good year for NHS maternity services across the country. Rather than seeing them as one-offs, they are all too easily becoming the norm. This week saw the publication of an independent review, led by Dr Bill Kirkup, into the failings of East Kent NHS Hospitals University Trust between 2009 and 2020.
Families affected by Nottingham maternity service failings call on Donna Ockenden to take charge of review
It’s only been several weeks since the publication of the damning Ockenden Report into maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, but already another NHS Trust have asked Donna Ockenden to take charge of a review into their own maternity services.
NHS Trust awaits publication of Ockenden Report
Maternity services have been in the news recently but not for the right reasons. The recent BBC Panorama programme, ‘Maternity Scandal: Fighting for the Truth,’ reported on the failures of maternity care at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
Ectopic Pregnancy Blunder
It has been reported that a woman had her healthy fallopian tube removed by mistake after suffering from an ectopic pregnancy. She was admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital with the pregnancy in her right tube in March last year.
The NHS maternity service is in a state of emergency
According to a recent report published by the Royal College of Midwives, England is short of 3500 midwives and the NHS maternity service is in a state of emergency.
Preventing Avoidable Harm in Maternity Care
The Department of Health announced on 7 March 2016 a capital investment programme to improve safety for mothers and babies across the country.