Donna Ockenden

• Leeds Maternity Review: An important step for patient safety

  • PostedMarch 10, 2026

  Wes Streeting’s decision to appoint Donna Ockenden as chair of the Leeds Maternity and Neonatal Independent Review is an important development for patient safety and transparency in maternity care. Independent...

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• Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announces national investigation of maternity and neonatal services

  • PostedJune 23, 2025

  There is a saying that some action is better than no action. Today, at a speech to the Royal College of Midwives, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,...

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• Inquest into the death of Baby Teddy Joseph Martin at Nottingham Coroner’s Court

  • PostedJanuary 6, 2025

  The Inquest into the death of Baby Teddy Joseph Martin is to take place at Nottingham Coroner’s Court, The Council House, Old Market Square, Nottingham NG1 2DT, 6–10 January 2025...

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• Families who have lost babies in maternity scandal criticising lawyer fee cap

  • PostedDecember 15, 2022

  Families who have suffered the most unimaginable loss of a child in one of the worst reported maternity scandals have warned government ministers that their proposed plans to cap lawyers’...

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• The findings of the Ockenden Report Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust

  • PostedMarch 30, 2022

  The Ockenden Report’s findings released today are truly dreadful. The report commissioned in 2017 investigated incidents of baby deaths, maternal deaths and avoidable harm to mothers and babies between 2000...

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