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Review update & next family meeting Since the Review started in September 2022, 1,933 families have joined the Review. We have now held over 174 individual family meetings. Following the meeting which took place on Saturday 15th June, so many families told us that the day was informative and supportive and would like us to … Continued
Read Newsletter PDF Review Update Since the Review started in September 2022, 1,921 families are have joined the Review. We have now held over 167 family meetings. The Review team met with hundreds of families in June’s trip to Nottingham. As always, we are reviewing every aspect of maternity care provided by Nottingham City Hospital … Continued
Download the Newsletter PDF Review Update Since the Review started in September 2022, 1,904 families are now part of the Review. We have now conducted 152 family meetings. The Review team met with 16 families in May’s trip to Nottingham. As always, we are reviewing every aspect of maternity care provided by Nottingham City Hospital … Continued
Download the Newsletter PDF Further Letters To Families Last month, we sent out a further 86 letters to families referred to us by the Trust. This is the fourth set of letters that have been issued to inform families about their possible involvement with the Review. We believe there are still many more affected by … Continued
Update on the Review Chair, Donna Ockenden Donna is undergoing major surgery on Tuesday 9th January and expects to return on Monday 19th February 2024. Please be assured the Review will be proceeding as normal while she is away and our office remains open Monday to Friday 8am – 5pm. All of our clinical team … Continued
Download the Newsletter PDF Filming and engagement with the families This month, as part of our continued engagement with all Nottingham communities, we completed a series of videos in 7 different languages with Trent FPSS help. Using these videos, women and communities will be able to access advice on how to refer to psycho-logical support … Continued
Download the Newsletter PDF Purple Letters—Why have you not received one? This past month we have received quite a few emails from families already involved in the Review who were concerned that they had not received a purple letter. Please be assured that this is not a cause for concern – the purple letters were … Continued
Download Newsletter PDF Purple Letters – Timelines By now, you will probably all be aware of the change in methodology from ‘opt in’ to ‘opt out. You will probably also know about the purple letters that we have recently sent out to over 1000 families explaining this change and what this means for the Independent … Continued
Download Newsletter PDF First Anniversary – a year since we began The 1st of September marks the first anniversary of the Independent Review – all of us at the Review Team would like to extend a huge thank you to all of you reading this newsletter. We recognize that stepping forward, be that over the … Continued
Download Newsletter PDF Change to who is included in the review You may be aware from the National and local press that this review methodology has now been changed to the ‘opt out’ method. Any cases identified by NUH under the open book process that meet the terms of reference will now be included in … Continued
