Families affected by maternity failings criticise new NHS review
14 NHS trusts facing national investigation into their maternity care
Families affected by NHSmaternity failings have criticised a new report by Baroness Valerie Amos, stating it is insufficiently independent and fails to address core issues.
The Maternity Safety Alliance labelled the report’s proposal for a national maternity commissioner as ‘dangerous’ and highlighted a lack of scrutiny over regulators such as the CQC and GMC.
Dr Bill Kirkup, who previously chaired maternity inquiries, resigned from Lady Amos’s review due to a dispute over the report’s position on ‘normal birth ideology’.
The families argue the investigation failed to fulfil its terms of reference, including determining the extent of harm caused by normal birth ideology and examining post-death care.
They are renewing calls for a statutory public inquiry, claiming that 814 babies have died avoidably in the NHS during the period of this ‘inadequate investigation’.
