Donna Ockenden delivers findings from three year review into maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
In 2023, families affected by Nottingham maternity service failings, were delighted at the appointment of Senior Midwife Donna Ockenden to chair the ongoing Independent Review into Maternity Services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. They wanted Ms Ockenden to take charge to ensure the truth was uncovered, so other families could be safeguarded in the future.
Families’ welcome the appointment of Donna Ockenden to lead an independent inquiry at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has made a dramatic U-turn and caved into pressure by appointing Donna Ockenden, a senior midwife, to lead the review into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTH) NHS Trust.
The lives of 55 babies could have been saved with better care at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust
In September 2025, we wrote a blog detailing the fact that the government had ordered investigations to be led by Baroness Amos into 14 NHS Trusts over maternity care failures. One of these trusts was University Hospitals (UH) Sussex NHS Trust.
New maternity service worries at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Head of Medical Negligence and Personal Injury , Rachael Flanagan, addresses the new maternity service worries at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.