Maternity Scandal

• National Maternity Review: The Need for Learning and Safer Care

  • PostedSeptember 15, 2025

  A response from Ashtons Legal, with Partner Natalie Cosgrove The Government has today announced 14 NHS Trusts that will be included in a new national maternity investigation, including three Trusts...

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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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• Maternity crisis: Coroner makes London-wide recommendations for the safe running of Midwife-Led Units following the death of baby Finn Kennedy

  • PostedMay 13, 2024

  Finn Kennedy was born at the Oasis Birth Centre, in the Princess Royal University Hospital on 23 June 2021. He sadly died on 1 July 2021 at eight days old....

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• 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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• 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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