Maternity and Neonatal Services

• Parliamentary Inquiry on birth trauma – submissions open until 6 February 2024

  • PostedFebruary 2, 2024

  Over the last month, UK maternity services have barely been out of the news. A brief review of the BBC website shows ongoing investigations into baby deaths in Lanarkshire, Swansea...

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• Maternity services at a health trust reviewed by Health Inspectorate Wales identified as requiring “immediate improvement”

  • PostedDecember 15, 2023

  Following an unannounced inspection in September 2023 by Health Inspectorate Wales at Singleton Hospital, run by Swansea Bay University Health Board, the inspectors’ report identified significant patient safety concerns and...

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• Brighton Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH): Another Maternity Services Scandal and Police Probe into Deaths

  • PostedDecember 1, 2023

  In the wake of the scandals involving several NHS maternity units across the country, the BBC has uncovered concerns surrounding the maternity care provided by Royal Sussex County Hospital. Following...

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• It’s time to break to cycle – “it will not happen again”

  • PostedOctober 20, 2022

  The long-awaited Report, led by Dr Bill Kirkup, into the Maternity and Neonatal Services at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has now been made public. Quite possibly, the most...

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