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Jack Hawkins, whose baby Harriet died at the Nottingham NHS trust, spoke to the media on Wednesday on behalf of bereaved families after the release of Donna Ockenden's findings into the NHS’s biggest maternity scandal. Details revealed that more than 500 mothers and babies suffer

The Ockenden report tells a terrible story of neglect. It’s a story that I – and far too many women I know – recogniseThe findings of Donna Ockenden’s report on maternity services at Nottingham University hospitals NHS trust (NUH) are horrifying. Such is the scale of suffering on

Families are right to be angry about devastating care failures in Nottingham. Ministers must respond fastThe painful familiarity of key themes in Donna Ockenden’s review of maternity care failures must not detract from the urgency around this issue. The 400-page report published

Hiring more staff and providing interpreters are just some of the actions taken by Queen’s hospital to tackle core problems• Risk of serious birth injuries is rising for women in England, data suggestsTwo days after giving birth, Juliana Nascimento Barbosa is still ecstatic about

About 31 in every 1,000 facing haemorrhage or severe tears, NHS figures show, in trend described as ‘national crisis’How a Romford maternity ward was able to turn the tide after a ‘requires improvement’ ratingWomen in England are at their highest risk of suffering a serious injur

Readers respond to the findings of the Ockenden inquiry, which revealed that more than 500 mothers and babies came to harm or died as a result of inadequate care in NottinghamRhiannon Lucy Cosslett asks why women are so routinely ignored in their maternity care (Belittled, ignore

Amos review sets out recommendations for government, but falls short on systemic racism and traumatic birthsEngland to get powerful maternity commissioner after ‘shocking’ failingsThe findings of Lady Amos’ review into maternity and neonatal services across England, which state t

Health secretary announces move after Amos review finds childbirth and neonatal care in need of ‘urgent reform’Analysis: Transparency, standards and a new commissioner – but does maternity review go far enough?A powerful maternity commissioner will be appointed to push through an

Amos review confirms patients received unacceptable care that led to stillbirths, serious injuries and maternal deathsDamning report on maternity care in England is a ‘watershed moment’Valerie Amos, a Labour peer and former diplomat, has published her long-awaited review into mat

Dr Bill Kirkup says section of Valerie Amos’s report criticising ‘normal birth ideology’ was removed before publicationThe head of an inquiry into maternity care altered its final report to remove criticism of “normal birth ideology”, one of her expert advisers claims.Dr Bill Kir

Patients from minority ethnic backgrounds often have to demonstrate higher levels of pain, only to receive less effective treatment‘The epidural failed and no one believed me’Women from minority backgrounds in UK less likely to receive epidurals, study findsA growing body of glob

Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffsDozens of Meta employees have sued the social media company over claims that it used artificial intelligence tools to tag workers for mass layoffs. The workers allege that those AI tools targeted them after they asked for protected or maternity leave or disability accommodation.The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in the northern district of Californ